Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw

Developing a cost-effective and environmentally friendly process for the production of valuable chemicals from abundant herbal biomass receives great attentions in recent years. Herein, taking advantage of the “lignin first” strategy, corn straw is converted to valuable chemicals including lignin mo...

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Main Authors: Meng-Ying Liu, Zhe-Hui Zhang, Xue-Qi Wang, Qian Sun, Chen Zhang, Yu Li, Zhuohua Sun, Katalin Barta, Feng Peng, Tong-Qi Yuan
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2025-01-01
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Chen Zhang
Yu Li
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Katalin Barta
Feng Peng
Tong-Qi Yuan
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description Developing a cost-effective and environmentally friendly process for the production of valuable chemicals from abundant herbal biomass receives great attentions in recent years. Herein, taking advantage of the “lignin first” strategy, corn straw is converted to valuable chemicals including lignin monomers, furfural and 5-methoxymethylfurfural via a two steps process. The key of this research lies in the development of a green and low-cost catalytic process utilizing magnetic Raney Ni catalyst and high boiling point ethylene glycol. The utilization of neat ethylene glycol as the sole slovent under atmospheric conditions obviates the need for additional additives, thereby facilitating the entire process to be conducted in glass flasks and rendering it highly convenient for scaling up. In the initial step, depolymerization of corn straw lignin resulted in a monomer yield of 18.1 wt%. Subsequently, in a dimethyl carbonate system, the carbohydrate component underwent complete conversion in a one-pot process, yielding furfural and 5-methoxymethylfurfural as the primary products with an impressive yield of 47.7%.
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spelling doaj-art-c539200949e7449eaf8386eccea294e22025-08-20T02:26:20ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Green Energy & Environment2468-02572025-01-0110116117210.1016/j.gee.2024.02.004Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn strawMeng-Ying Liu0Zhe-Hui Zhang1Xue-Qi Wang2Qian Sun3Chen Zhang4Yu Li5Zhuohua Sun6Katalin Barta7Feng Peng8Tong-Qi Yuan9State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Corresponding authors.Department of Chemistry, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, AustriaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; Corresponding authors.Developing a cost-effective and environmentally friendly process for the production of valuable chemicals from abundant herbal biomass receives great attentions in recent years. Herein, taking advantage of the “lignin first” strategy, corn straw is converted to valuable chemicals including lignin monomers, furfural and 5-methoxymethylfurfural via a two steps process. The key of this research lies in the development of a green and low-cost catalytic process utilizing magnetic Raney Ni catalyst and high boiling point ethylene glycol. The utilization of neat ethylene glycol as the sole slovent under atmospheric conditions obviates the need for additional additives, thereby facilitating the entire process to be conducted in glass flasks and rendering it highly convenient for scaling up. In the initial step, depolymerization of corn straw lignin resulted in a monomer yield of 18.1 wt%. Subsequently, in a dimethyl carbonate system, the carbohydrate component underwent complete conversion in a one-pot process, yielding furfural and 5-methoxymethylfurfural as the primary products with an impressive yield of 47.7%.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025724000360Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionationCorn strawEthylene glycolRaney Ni5-Methoxymethylfurfural
spellingShingle Meng-Ying Liu
Zhe-Hui Zhang
Xue-Qi Wang
Qian Sun
Chen Zhang
Yu Li
Zhuohua Sun
Katalin Barta
Feng Peng
Tong-Qi Yuan
Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
Green Energy & Environment
Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation
Corn straw
Ethylene glycol
Raney Ni
5-Methoxymethylfurfural
title Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
title_full Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
title_fullStr Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
title_full_unstemmed Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
title_short Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one-pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
title_sort atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose integrated with one pot catalytic conversion of carbohydrate yielding valuable lignin monomers and platform chemicals from corn straw
topic Atmospheric reductive catalytic fractionation
Corn straw
Ethylene glycol
Raney Ni
5-Methoxymethylfurfural
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025724000360
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