Lignin is an abundant renewable resource, but its intrinsic recalcitrant nature has so far hampered its conversion into higher value chemicals. Now, a two-step strategy, oxidation followed by bond cleavage, has been shown to deconstruct lignin into high yields of low-molecular-weight aromatics.
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Bruijnincx, P., Weckhuysen, B. Lignin up for break-down. Nature Chem 6, 1035–1036 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2120
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