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Reductive Fractionation of Larch Wood in Supercritical Ethanol in the Presence of a Bifunctional Ru/C Catalyst and Hydrogen Donors

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Lignin is a large-scale waste product of hydrolysis and the pulp-and-paper industries. The problem of lignin utilization is addressed by developing techniques for the comprehensive processing of wood biomass that are based on preliminary catalytic fractionation into its key components, which are subsequently used for obtaining target products. Hemicelluloses of larch wood are known to undergo effective depolymerization (~95 wt %) in ethanol at 250°C. Using hydrogen in combination with a catalyst enables us to increase the lignin conversion to 61 wt %, with 47 wt % of the cellulose left in the solid residue. The highest lignin conversion (67 wt %) is achieved using formic acid, but there is undesirable cellulose depolymerization (conversion, 66 wt %) under these conditions. The main monomer products of the catalytic conversion of lignin are 4-propenylguaiacol and 4-propylguaiacol. The content of 4-propenylguaiacol among the liquid products obtained using ethanol and formic acid as reducing agents can be as high as 36 and 33 rel %, respectively. The content of 4-propylguaiacol among the liquid products obtained using hydrogen grows to 33 rel % when a catalyst is used. This work describes the first study of the catalytic fractionation of larch wood in supercritical ethanol in the presence of the bifunctional 3%Ru/C catalyst containing acidic groups. The aim is to identify the effect of the catalyst and the nature of the hydrogen donor (ethanol, H2, or formic acid) on the yield and composition of the product.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was carried out on the equipment of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Center of Research Equipment of the Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS.”

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 16-13-10326.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Kransnoyarsk Science Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    O. P. Taran, V. I. Sharypov, S. V. Baryshnikov, N. G. Beregovtsova, A. V. Miroshnikova, A. S. Kazachenko, V. V. Sychev & B. N. Kuznetsov

  2. Siberian Federal University, 660041, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    O. P. Taran, V. I. Sharypov & B. N. Kuznetsov

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Taran, O.P., Sharypov, V.I., Baryshnikov, S.V. et al. Reductive Fractionation of Larch Wood in Supercritical Ethanol in the Presence of a Bifunctional Ru/C Catalyst and Hydrogen Donors. Catal. Ind. 12, 330–342 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070050420040091

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