title: Tuning the lignin oil OH-content with Ru and Pd catalysts during lignin hydrogenolysis on birch wood.
abstract: Liquid reductive processing of birch wood in the presence of commercial Ru/C or Pd/C catalysts yields about 50% of a select set of phenolic monomers and a variety of phenolic di- and oligomers, next to a solid carbohydrate pulp. Changing the catalyst from Ru/C to Pd/C drastically increases the OH-content of the lignin-derived products, in particular for the phenolic monomers.
authors.affiliation: Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. bert.sels@biw.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van den Bosch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schutyser
authors.forename: S-F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Koelewijn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Renders
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Courtin
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Sels
mesh_terms: D029662:Betula / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006878:Hydroxides; D010165:Palladium; D012428:Ruthenium; D008031:Lignin; C031356:hydroxide ion