Enhances stable phenol/ketone formation in pyrolysis
This dimer undergoes bimolecular tautomerization that bypasses the high-barrier unimolecular step, facilitating the formation of stable phenols and ketones during lignin pyrolysis.
Xie, Wenluan · Hu, Bin · Wen-ming, Zhang · Li, Helong · Song, Guoyong · Liu, Ji · Lu, Qiang
Journal of Energy Chemistry 2023
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