Flow-Through Solvolysis Enables Production of Native-Like Lignin from Biomass

David Brandner, Jacob Kruger, Nicholas Thornburg, Gregory Facas, Jacob Kenny, Reagan Dreiling, Ana Rita Morais, Tom Renders, Nicholas Cleveland, Renee Happs, Rui Katahira, Todd Vinzant, Daniel Wilcox, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Gregg Beckham

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Abstract

The inherent reactivity of lignin in conventional biomass processing commonly prevents isolation of native lignin and limits monomer yields from catalytic depolymerization strategies that target aryl-ether bonds. Here we show that flow-through solvolysis with methanol at 225 °C produces native-like lignin from poplar, enabling the study of intrinsic lignin properties and evaluation of steady-state lignin depolymerization processes.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)5437-5441
Number of pages5
JournalGreen Chemistry
Volume23
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 2021

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© The Royal Society of Chemistry.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-2A00-80286

Keywords

  • depolymerization
  • flow-through solvolysis
  • lignin
  • methanol
  • poplar

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