Iridium-catalysed primary alcohol oxidation and hydrogen shuttling for the depolymerisation of lignin

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2018

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Lancefield, Christopher S.ISNI 0000000453648468
Teunissen, Lucas W.
Weckhuysen, Bert M.ORCID 0000-0001-5245-1426ISNI 0000000110540180
Bruijnincx, Pieter C.A.ISNI 0000000389623396

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Abstract

A new Ir catalysed approach for the selective cleavage of the C α –C β bond in lignin β-O-4 units, allowing access to novel and tuneable monomeric product mixtures.

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Lancefield, C S, Teunissen, L W, Weckhuysen, B M & Bruijnincx, P C A 2018, 'Iridium-catalysed primary alcohol oxidation and hydrogen shuttling for the depolymerisation of lignin', Green Chemistry, vol. 20, no. 14, pp. 3214-3221. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8gc01366g