PYROLYSIS MECHANISMS OF LIGNIN - SURFACE-IMMOBILIZED MODEL-COMPOUND INVESTIGATION OF ACID-CATALYZED AND FREE-RADICAL REACTION PATHWAYS

被引:128
作者
BRITT, PF
BUCHANAN, AC
THOMAS, KB
LEE, SK
机构
[1] Chemical and Analytical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6197
关键词
ACID-CATALYZED REACTION PATHWAY; FREE-RADICAL REACTION PATHWAY; LIGNIN; PYROLYSIS; SURFACE-IMMOBILIZED MODEL COMPOUND;
D O I
10.1016/0165-2370(94)00846-S
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The pyrolysis of surface-immobilized beta-alkyl aryl ethers, m approximate to PhOCH(2)CH(2)Ph, approximate to PhCH(2)CH(2)OPh, and approximate to PhCH(2)CH(2)OPh-o-OCH3, has been studied with a dispersed acid catalyst at 300-450 degrees C in order to gain an insight into the relative importance of ionic reactions vs, free-radical reactions in the thermal depolymerization of lignin. In the absence of acid catalyst, surface-immobilization does not hinder the free-radical reaction pathway to produce phenols, alkenes, alkanes, and aldehydes as the major products. Pyrolysis in the presence of small particle sized (15 nm) SiO2-1% Al2O3 at 300 degrees C, where free-radical reactions are suppressed, produces an acceleration in the rate of decomposition and a substantial alteration in the product distribution as a consequence of the solid-solid interactions between the catalyst and substrate. Products from the silica-alumina catalyzed reactions are characteristic of acid-catalyzed cracking reactions which involve carbocation intermediates to produce products from ether cleavage and aromatic alkylation and dealkylation reactions resulting most notably in the near absence of alkenes. The surface-immobilized primary products continue to undergo acid-catalyzed reactions to form larger aromatics and coke. At temperatures in which the free-radical and acid-catalyzed reactions can compete ( > .375 degrees C), products from the acid-catalyzed reaction dominate. A comparison of the products from the pyrolysis of lignin, biomass, and the surface-immobilized model compounds provides new evidence that the thermal degradation of lignin occurs principally by a free-radical reaction pathway.
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