The aim of this research is the development of the conversion technology to produce phenols such as phenol and cresol from lignin through two reaction steps. At the first step, by means of hydrolysis using mixture solution of water and 1-butanol, lignin was depolymerized to lignin-derived slurry liquid including monomers, oligomers, and materials where lignin structure remains more. At the second step, methoxyphenols in the lignin-derived slurry liquid was selectively converted into phenol and cresol by steam cracking using iron oxide catalyst.

Production of useful chemicals from lignin by two-step process consisting of depolymerization and catalytic cracking

244th National Meeting (2012)

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