Aqueous amine enables sustainable monosaccharide, monophenol, and pyridine base coproduction in lignocellulosic biorefineries.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 Jan 2024
25 Jan 2024
Historique:
received:
18
07
2023
accepted:
10
01
2024
medline:
26
1
2024
pubmed:
26
1
2024
entrez:
25
1
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Thought-out utilization of entire lignocellulose is of great importance to achieving sustainable and cost-effective biorefineries. However, there is a trade-off between efficient carbohydrate utilization and lignin-to-chemical conversion yield. Here, we fractionate corn stover into a carbohydrate fraction with high enzymatic digestibility and reactive lignin with satisfactory catalytic depolymerization activity using a mild high-solid process with aqueous diethylamine (DEA). During the fractionation, in situ amination of lignin achieves extensive delignification, effective lignin stabilization, and dramatically reduced nonproductive adsorption of cellulase on the substrate. Furthermore, by designing a tandem fractionation-hydrogenolysis strategy, the dissolved lignin is depolymerized and aminated simultaneously to co-produce monophenolics and pyridine bases. The process represents the viable scheme of transforming real lignin into pyridine bases in high yield, resulting from the reactions between cleaved lignin side chains and amines. This work opens a promising approach to the efficient valorization of lignocellulose.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38272912
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45073-w
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-45073-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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734Subventions
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 21978106, U21A20309
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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