ArticleNature communications2021
Selective hydrogenolysis of catechyl lignin into propenylcatechol over an atomically dispersed ruthenium catalyst.
Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 196 citations in OpenAlex.
- Synergistic Co-Zn dual atomic sites drive C-lignin hydrogenolysis via vicinal C-O cleavage.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Molecular Insights into Lignin Bioactivity: From Structural Architecture to Sustainable Food Industry Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Efficient PtNature communications · 2026Article
- Photothermal CONature communications · 2026Article
- Photoluminescence Properties of Lignin With a Genetically Introduced Luminophore in a Transgenic Hybrid Aspen That Overproduces Feruloyl-CoA 6'-Hydroxylase.Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Catalytic Reductive Fractionation of Castor Shells into Catechols via Tandem Metal Triflate and Pd/C Catalysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Synthesis of bio-based N-containing compounds from biomass.National science review · 2025Review
- Catalytic refining lignin into toluene over atomically dispersed Cu/Ni dual sites.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Standardization transformation of C-lignin to catechol and propylene.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Unleashing the potential of lignin with innovative trifunctional binary deep eutectic solvent strategy: Isolation of uncondensed lignin.Science advances · 2025Article
- Recent Advances in the Use of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents for Lignocellulosic Biorefineries and Biobased Chemical and Material Production.Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Lignin deoxygenation for the production of sustainable aviation fuel blendstocks.Nature materials · 2024Review
- Photothermal catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis of protolignin.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Chemical Synthesis of Monolignols: Traditional Methods, Recent Advances, and Future Challenges in Sustainable Processes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Benzenoid Aromatics from Renewable Resources.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
- Atom-pair engineering of single-atom nanozyme for boosting peroxidase-like activity.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Harnessing Atomically Dispersed Cobalt for the Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Lignocellulose.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Electrocatalytic Cleavage of C-C Bonds in Lignin Models Using Nonmetallic Catalysts at Ambient Conditions.Chem & bio engineering · 2024Article
- Sustainable production of catechol derivatives from waste tung nutshell C/G-type ligninRSC advances · 2024Article
- Advances in Heterogeneous Catalysts for Lignin Hydrogenolysis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
C-lignin is a homo-biopolymer, being made up of caffeyl alcohol exclusively. There is significant interest in developing efficient and selective catalyst for depolymerization of C-lignin, as it represents an ideal feedstock for producing catechol derivatives. Here we report an atomically dispersed Ru catalyst, which can serve as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogenolysis of C-lignin via the cleavage of C-O bonds in benzodioxane linkages, giving catechols in high yields with TONs up to 345. A unique selectivity to propenylcatechol (77%) is obtained, which is otherwise hard to achieve, because this catalyst is capable of hydrogenolysis rather than hydrogenation. This catalyst also demonstrates good reusability in C-lignin depolymerization. Detailed investigations by model compounds concluded that the pathways involving dehydration and/or dehydrogenation reactions are incompatible routes; we deduced that caffeyl alcohol generated via concurrent C-O bonds cleavage of benzodioxane unit may act as an intermediate in the C-lignin hydrogenolysis. Current demonstration validates that atomically dispersed metals can not only catalyze small molecules reactions, but also drive the transformation of abundant and renewable biopolymer.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.