Production of Jet Fuel-Range Hydrocarbons from Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin over Super Lewis Acid Combined with Metal Catalysts

Wang, Hongliang; Wang, Huamin; Kuhn, Eric; Tucker, Melvin P.; Yang, Bin

doi:10.1002/cssc.201701567

Title: Production of Jet Fuel-Range Hydrocarbons from Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin over Super Lewis Acid Combined with Metal Catalysts

Journal Article · Tue Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2017 · ChemSusChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201701567· OSTI ID:1411326

Wang, Hongliang ^[1]; Wang, Huamin ^[2]; Kuhn, Eric ^[3]; Tucker, Melvin P. ^[3];

^[1]

Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Abstract Super Lewis acids containing the triflate anion [e.g., Hf(OTf) ₄ , Ln(OTf) ₃ , In(OTf) ₃ , Al(OTf) ₃ ] and noble metal catalysts (e.g., Ru/C, Ru/Al ₂ O ₃ ) formed efficient catalytic systems to generate saturated hydrocarbons from lignin in high yields. In such catalytic systems, the metal triflates mediated rapid ether bond cleavage through selective bonding to etheric oxygens while the noble metal catalyzed subsequent hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reactions. Near theoretical yields of hydrocarbons were produced from lignin model compounds by the combined catalysis of Hf(OTf) ₄ and ruthenium‐based catalysts. When a technical lignin derived from a pilot‐scale biorefinery was used, more than 30 wt % of the hydrocarbons produced with this catalytic system were cyclohexane and alkylcyclohexanes in the jet fuel range. Super Lewis acids are postulated to strongly interact with lignin substrates by protonating hydroxyl groups and ether linkages, forming intermediate species that enhance hydrogenation catalysis by supported noble metal catalysts. Meanwhile, the hydrogenation of aromatic rings by the noble metal catalysts can promote deoxygenation reactions catalyzed by super Lewis acids.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1411326

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1409447

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5100-70587; TRN: US1800208

Journal Information:: ChemSusChem, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 1864-5631

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Country of Publication:: United States

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