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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

Transformative Masked Ortho-Quinone Chemistry: From Direct Guaiacol Activation to Lignin-Based Adhesives.

Dominik P Hoch, Keven Walter, Oliver Sipura, Jana Falkenhagen, Xinyang Peng, Leon Gerndt, Hamy Nguyen, Hans G Börner

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Dominik P Hoch *Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4242-2727
Keven Walter *Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4214-6540
Oliver SipuraHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.
Jana FalkenhagenBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, BAM, Department of Materials Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7772-606X
Xinyang PengHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.
Leon GerndtHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9557-4483
Hamy NguyenHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8150-0903
Hans G BörnerHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-9780

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Abstract

Guaiacol moieties (1-hydroxy-2-methoxy-benzenes) are among the most abundant structural motifs in renewable biophenolic feedstocks, representing a potential industrial-scale stream from softwood lignin through biorefinery valorization. Here, the transformative chemistry of masked ortho-quinones (MoQs) is introduced, yielding reactive guaiacol derivatives to enable thiol-guaiacol connectivity (TGC) polymers. Phenyliodine(III)diacetate (PIDA) oxidizes guaiacols to chemically pure MoQs within minutes at room temperature, generating activated triguaiacol monomers that undergo thiol-MoQ Michael-type polyaddition with multithiols. This bulk polymerization leads to TGC-adhesives, reaching professional performance lap-shear strengths up to 16.9 ± 0.9 MPa. The robust strategy is extended to directly activate technical lignin, generating curable multi-MoQ prepolymers which bond aluminum with lap-shear strengths of 9.1 ± 0.7 MPa, positioning MoQs as a sustainable platform chemistry to bridge from lignin to high-performance materials.

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bioinspired two‐component resingreen chemistrymussel inspired adhesivessustainable bio phenol materialstransforming chemistry

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