FRACTIONATION OF ACID- AND ALKALI-PRETREATED BIRCH WOOD INTO METHOXYPHENOLS AND CELLULOSE USING ETHANOL AS A REDUCING AGENT AND A BIFUNCTIONAL Ru/C CATALYST

UDC 54-16, 67.08

  • Angelina Viktorovna Miroshnikova Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: miroshnikova35@gmail.com
  • Alexander Sergeevich Kazachenko Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: leo_lion_leo@mail.ru
  • Sergey Viktorovich Baryshnikov Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS" Email: bsv2861@mail.ru
  • Valentin Vladimirovich Sychev Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: sychev.vv@icct.krasn.ru
  • Yuri Nikolaevich Malyar Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: yumalyar@gmail.com
  • Andrey Mikhailovich Skripnikov Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: and-skripnikov@yandex.ru
  • Xiaomin Li Siberian Federal University Email: li-xiaomin@mail.ru
  • Anna Ilyinichna Chudina Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS" Email: bai77@list.ru
  • Oksana Pavlovna Taran Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: taran.op@icct.krasn.ru
  • Boris Nikolaevich Kuznetsov Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University Email: bnk@icct.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/jcprm.20250315962
Keywords: birch wood, alkaline pretreatment, acid pretreatment, thermal conversion, ethanol, Ru/C catalyst, products, methoxyphenols, cellulose, xylan, xylose

Abstract

The effect of alkaline and acid pretreatments on the yield and composition of thermal transformation products of treated birch wood in an ethanol medium at a temperature of 225 °C in the presence of a bifunctional catalyst containing nanodispersed ruthenium particles on the acidic carbon support Sibunit has been established. The yields of liquid products of catalytic fractionation of wood subjected to alkaline and acid pretreatments reach 39 and 34 wt.%, respectively. In the presence of the Ru/C catalyst, a shift in the molecular weight distribution curves of the liquid products and an increase in the yield of monomeric methoxyphenols are observed. The highest yield of monomeric methoxyphenols (18.2 wt.%) was achieved during thermal catalytic transformation of wood subjected to acid pretreatment. In this case, the highest quality cellulose product was also obtained with a cellulose content of 88.5 wt.% and a crystallinity index of 0.72. A scheme for catalytic fractionation of birch wood into xylan, xylose, monomeric methoxyphenols and microcrystalline cellulose using ethanol as a reducing agent is proposed.

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Author Biographies

Angelina Viktorovna Miroshnikova , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Research Associate of the Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Organic Raw Materials, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry

Alexander Sergeevich Kazachenko , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Research Associate, Acting Head of the Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Organic Raw Materials, Associate Professor of the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry

Sergey Viktorovich Baryshnikov , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS"

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Organic Raw Materials

Valentin Vladimirovich Sychev , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of Catalytic Transformations of Renewable Resources, Assistant of the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry

Yuri Nikolaevich Malyar , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Transformations of Renewable Resources, Associate Professor of the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry

Andrey Mikhailovich Skripnikov , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of Catalytic Transformations of Renewable Resources, Assistant of the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry

Xiaomin Li , Siberian Federal University

Postgraduate Student

Anna Ilyinichna Chudina , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS"

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, research associate at the Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Organic Raw Materials

Oksana Pavlovna Taran , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Catalytic Transformations of Renewable Resources, Director

Boris Nikolaevich Kuznetsov , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS, FRC "Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS", Siberian Federal University

Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of Research, Professor at the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry

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Published
2025-09-29
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1. Miroshnikova A. V., Kazachenko A. S., Baryshnikov S. V., Sychev V. V., Malyar Y. N., Skripnikov A. M., Li X., Chudina A. I., Taran O. P., Kuznetsov B. N. FRACTIONATION OF ACID- AND ALKALI-PRETREATED BIRCH WOOD INTO METHOXYPHENOLS AND CELLULOSE USING ETHANOL AS A REDUCING AGENT AND A BIFUNCTIONAL Ru/C CATALYST // Chemistry of plant raw material, 2025. № 3. P. 88-100. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/cw/article/view/15962.
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