Catalytic hydrogenolysis of native and organosolv lignins of aspen wood to liquid products in supercritical ethanol medium

[Display omitted] •Catalysts Ru/C, Pt/ZrO2, NiCuMo/SiO2 increase the yield of methoxyphenols in hydrogenolysis of aspen wood.•Optimal process conditions, providing the high yield of methoxyphenols were established.•Yield of methoxyphenols is higher at catalytic hydrogenolysis of native lignin compar...

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Published in:Catalysis today 2021-11, Vol.379, p.114-123
Main Authors: Kuznetsov, B.N., Sharypov, V.I., Baryshnikov, S.V., Miroshnikova, A.V., Taran, O.P., Yakovlev, V.A., Lavrenov, A.V., Djakovitch, L.
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Language:English
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Aspen wood
Bioliquids
Catalysis
Catalysts
Chemical Sciences
Environment and Society
Environmental Sciences
Hydrogenolysis
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Summary:[Display omitted] •Catalysts Ru/C, Pt/ZrO2, NiCuMo/SiO2 increase the yield of methoxyphenols in hydrogenolysis of aspen wood.•Optimal process conditions, providing the high yield of methoxyphenols were established.•Yield of methoxyphenols is higher at catalytic hydrogenolysis of native lignin compared to isolated ethanol lignin.•Catalytic hydrogenolysis in supercritical ethanol allows to fractionate the aspen wood on cellulose and methoxyphenols. Catalytic hydrogenolysis in the medium of supercritical organic solvents is a promising way of wood lignins depolymerization into liquid products. In this study, for the first time, the catalytic properties of bifunctional catalysts Ru/C, Pt/ZrO2, NiCuMo/SiO2, containing nanosized metal particles on acidic groups are compared in the processes of aspen wood and ethanol lignin hydrogenolysis in supercritical ethanol. The most active catalysts are Ru/C and Pt/ZrO2 which provide the high conversion of wood (to 78.0 wt%), significant yield of liquid products (to 50.6 wt%) and low yield of solid rest (to 22.0 wt%) at temperature 250 °C and H2 pressure 9.0 MPa. These catalysts increase the yield of monomeric compounds in liquid products from 10.5 % to 50.4 % on mass of lignin. GC–MS analysis shows that alkyl derivatives of methoxyphenols (mainly propyl syringol and propyl guaiacol) are dominated in liquid products. Solid products of aspen wood catalytic hydrogenolysis contain mainly cellulose (to 82.2 wt%). Therefore, the catalytic hydrogenolysis in supercritical ethanol in the presence of by functional catalysts Ru/C and Pt/ZrO2 allows to fractionate the aspen wood biomass on cellulose and liquid products enriched with propyl syringol and propyl guaiacol. In catalytic hydrogenolysis of ethanol lignin the yield of alkyl derivatives of methoxyphenols is lower compared to wood. This is probably due to the reduced content of reactive β-O-4 bonds in the structure of ethanol lignin compared to native lignin of aspen wood. As follows from the results obtained, native lignin of wood is easier depolymerized to monomeric compounds in the process of catalytic hydrogenolysis than ethanol lignin, isolated from wood. According to GPC data, the catalysts shift to the region of lower molecular mass the molecular mass distribution of liquid products of aspen wood and ethanol lignin hydrogenolysis.
ISSN:0920-5861
1873-4308
DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2020.05.048