Hydrogenolysis of lignin produces a complex mixture of products, including small lignin-derived monomers, dimers, and higher oligomers. Using poplar and lignin model compounds, the authors demonstrate that the sequential demand for surface-bound hydrogen during hydrogenolysis creates temporal windows that allow catalytic oxidation events to take place, even within an overall hydrogen-rich, reductive environment.
- Canan Sener
- Vitaliy I. Timokhin
- Steven D. Karlen
