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Wu Lan
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Related publications (7)
Continuous hydrogenolysis of acetal-stabilized lignin in flow
Jeremy Luterbacher, Songlan Sun, Jean Thierry C Behaghel de Bueren, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Yuan-Peng Du, Wu Lan
Using acetal-stabilized lignin we performed a truly steady state continuous high-yielding lignin depolymerization (45% monophenolics using Ni/C), which offered a window into challenges and opportunities that will be faced when processing this feedstock. Wi ...
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021Topology of Pretreated Wood Fibers Using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
David Lyndon Emsley, Jeremy Luterbacher, Arthur César Pinon, Pierrick Berruyer, Jasmine Viger-Gravel, Wu Lan, Michel Bardet
In the continuously developing field of lignocellulosic biomass, high-yield lignin depolymerization processes are sought to optimize its productivity and profitability. Recently, formaldehyde stabilization during lignin extraction and biomass pretreatment ...
AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019Highly Selective Oxidation and Depolymerization of α,γ-Diol Protected Lignin
Jeremy Luterbacher, Jean Thierry C Behaghel de Bueren, Wu Lan
Lignin oxidation offers a potential sustainable pathway to oxygenated aromatic molecules. However, current methods that use real lignin tend to have low selectivity and a yield that is limited by lignin degradation during its extraction. We developed stoic ...
2019Preventing Lignin Condensation to Facilitate Aromatic Monomer Production
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic polymer in nature and as such is an attractive source of aromatic molecules. Efficient lignin utilization will also likely play a key role in the economic success and sustainability of biomass valorization schemes. Howe ...
SWISS CHEMICAL SOC2019Corncob Biorefinery for Platform Chemicals and Lignin Coproduction: Metal Chlorides as Catalysts
A facile approach to a corncob biorefinery, focusing on both carbohydrate valorization and lignin stabilization, was proposed to coproduce platform chemicals (glucose, xylose, arabinose, and furfural) and lignin. Different metal chloride prehydrolyses of c ...
AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019OsCAldOMT1 is a bifunctional O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of tricin-lignins in rice cell walls
Lignin is a phenylpropanoid polymer produced in the secondary cell walls of vascular plants. Although most eudicot and gymnosperm species generate lignins solely via polymerization of p-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols (monolignols), grasses additionally use a fla ...
2019Protection Group Effects During α,γ-Diol Lignin Stabilization Promote High-Selectivity Monomer Production
Jeremy Luterbacher, Masoud Talebi Amiri, Christopher Marc Hunston, Wu Lan
Protection groups were introduced during biomass pretreatment to stabilize lignin's α,γ-diol group during its extraction and prevent its condensation. Acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde stabilized the α,γ-diol without any aromatic ring alkylation, which sign ...
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