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Mechanochemical degradation of lignin and wood by solvent-free grinding in a reactive medium
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In this article, a mechanochemical approach for the cleavage of β-O-4-linkages in lignin is reported, which is transition metal and solvent free, requires only inexpensive reagents, and tolerates the presence of water and standard reagent impurities.About:
This article is published in Green Chemistry.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 139 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reagent & Cleavage (embryo).read more
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Catalytic Transformation of Lignin for the Production of Chemicals and Fuels
TL;DR: This paper presents a new state-of-the-art implementation of the iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Key Laborotary of Catalysis, which automates the very labor-intensive and therefore expensive and therefore time-heavy and expensive process ofalysis.
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Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis.
Roberto Rinaldi,Robin Jastrzebski,Matthew T. Clough,John Ralph,Marco Kennema,Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx,Bert M. Weckhuysen +6 more
TL;DR: This review provides a “beginning‐to‐end” analysis of the recent advances reported in lignin valorisation, with particular emphasis on the improved understanding of lign in's biosynthesis and structure.
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Mechanochemistry as an emerging tool for molecular synthesis: what can it offer?
TL;DR: Mechanochemistry is becoming more widespread as a technique for molecular synthesis with new mechanochemical reactions being discovered at increasing frequency, and what more it can offer, aside from the clear benefit of reduced solvent consumption.
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Altering Product Selectivity by Mechanochemistry
José G. Hernández,Carsten Bolm +1 more
TL;DR: This Perspective highlights a few selected examples that illustrate the value of mechanochemistry in uncovering interesting chemical reactivity, which is often masked in typical liquid-phase synthesis.
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A photochemical strategy for lignin degradation at room temperature.
TL;DR: The development of a room-temperature lignin degradation strategy consisting of a chemoselective benzylic oxidation with a recyclable oxidant and a catalytic reductive C-O bond cleavage utilizing the photocatalyst is described.
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The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials
Arthur J. Ragauskas,Charlotte K. Williams,Brian H. Davison,George J. P. Britovsek,John Cairney,Charles A. Eckert,William J. Frederick,Jason P. Hallett,David J. Leak,Charles L. Liotta,Jonathan R. Mielenz,Richard J. Murphy,Richard H. Templer,Timothy J. Tschaplinski +13 more
TL;DR: The integration of agroenergy crops and biorefinery manufacturing technologies offers the potential for the development of sustainable biopower and biomaterials that will lead to a new manufacturing paradigm.
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Biomass recalcitrance: engineering plants and enzymes for biofuels production.
Michael E. Himmel,Shi You Ding,David K. Johnson,William S. Adney,Mark R. Nimlos,John W. Brady,Thomas D. Foust +6 more
TL;DR: Here, the natural resistance of plant cell walls to microbial and enzymatic deconstruction is considered, collectively known as “biomass recalcitrance,” which is largely responsible for the high cost of lignocellulose conversion.
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The Catalytic Valorization of Lignin for the Production of Renewable Chemicals
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Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis
Stuart L. James,Christopher J. Adams,Carsten Bolm,Dario Braga,Paul Collier,Tomislav Friščić,Fabrizia Grepioni,Kenneth D. M. Harris,Geoff Hyett,William Jones,Anke Krebs,James Mack,Lucia Maini,A. Guy Orpen,Ivan P. Parkin,William C. Shearouse,Jonathan W. Steed,Daniel C. Waddell +17 more
TL;DR: Concentrating on recent advances, this article covers industrial aspects, inorganic materials, organic synthesis, cocrystallisation, pharmaceutical aspects, metal complexes, supramolecular aspects and characterization methods.