title: Hydrogen transfer from supercritical methanol over a solid base catalyst: a model for lignin depolymerization.
abstract: A (super)critical transfer: The consecutive hydrogenolysis and hydrogenation of the lignin model compound dihydrobenzofuran was studied in supercritical methanolic solutions using porous metal oxide catalysts. These catalysts promote H(2) production from methanol followed by hydrogenolysis of the ether linkages and reduction of the aromatic rings, leading principally to a mixture of cyclohexanols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93196-9510, USA.
authors.forename: Gerald S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Macala
authors.forename: Theodore D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Alexei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Iretskii
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D006859:Hydrogen; D008031:Lignin; C105430:benzofuran; D000432:Methanol