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Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of ferulic acid, as a lignin model compound

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Studies of the effect of microwave (MW) pretreatment on the pyrolysis of ferulic acid (FA), as a model compound of lignin, on the CeO2 surface are essential for understanding the prospects for the use of MW in catalytic pyrolytic technologies for the processing of lignocellulose. In this work, FT-IR spectroscopic studies of MW-pretreated samples of FA on the nanoceria surface were carried out. Their pyrolysis was studied by temperature-programmed desorption mass spectrometry (TPD MS). It was found that monodentate carboxylate complexes of FA are most susceptible to the influence of MW. MW-pretreatment for 300 s during pyrolysis of FA on the CeO2 surface leads to a decrease in the content of 4-vinylguaiacol in the final pyrolysis products. Phenolate complexes, as well as bidentate carboxylate complexes of FA on the CeO2 surface are less sensitive to MW. The use of MW-pretreatment promotes an insignificant decrease in the formation of polyaromatic compounds during the FA catalytic pyrolysis.

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This publication is based on work supported by the grant FSA3-20-66700 from the U.S.Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) with funding from the United States Department of State. T.K. thanks to the British Academy’s Researchers at Risk Fellowships Programme for partially supporting this research. B.P. thanks to Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de España (Project PID2019-109953GB-I00) for partially supporting this work.

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  1. Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, 03164, Ukraine

    Nataliia Nastasiienko, Tetiana Kulik, Borys Palianytsia & Mykola Kartel

  2. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Química Fina y Nanoquímica, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Marie Curie (C-3), Ctra Nnal IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Cordoba, Spain

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    Tetiana Kulik

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Conceptualization was contributed by TK, MK, ML; methodology was contributed by NN, TK, BP; formal analysis and investigation were contributed by NN, BP; writing—original draft preparation, was contributed by NN, TK; writing—review and editing, was contributed by NN, TK, ML, MK; funding acquisition was contributed by TK; supervision was contributed by TK, BP, ML, MK. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Nastasiienko, N., Kulik, T., Palianytsia, B. et al. Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of ferulic acid, as a lignin model compound. J Therm Anal Calorim 148, 5485–5492 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-12087-3

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