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The temperature required for the anodic conversion of an organo-solv spruce lignin, in aqueous alkaline solution, may be lowered by the addition of nitrobenzene or 1,3-dinitrobenzene. The additives cause significant and reproducible changes in the Tafel plot for the reaction. Preparativescale experiments are less reproducible although the range of phenolic products is generally similar to that produced by conventional nitrobenzene oxidation or by anodic oxidation at higher temperatures.
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Smith, C., Utley, J.H.P., Petrescu, M. et al. Biomass electrochemistry: Anodic oxidation of an organo-solv lignin in the presence of nitroaromatics. J Appl Electrochem 19, 535–539 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022110
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