Boosting the Ni?Catalyzed Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of Anisole Using Scrap Catalytic Converters

The large availability and renewable nature of lignin makes its upgrading to bioproducts particular interest for sustainable development. hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) anisole specifically represents a model reaction the conversion biofuels through removal aromatic carbon-oxygen bonds. To date, range Ni-based catalysts have been reported as highly active systems HDO anisole. However, there has substantial lack consideration given environmental characteristics these catalytic systems, in contrast with scope production biofuels. Herein, SiO2 are prepared by solventless efficient mechanochemistry approach, having considerably lower impact compared standard impregnation methods. Importantly, scrap converters (SCATs) employed co-catalysts, proving possibility enhancing anisole, scarcely exploited waste material. results demonstrate that combined use Ni/SiO2 Ni/SCATs co-catalysts remarkably boosts rate up more than 50% achieving an almost complete only 40 min instead at 200 °C 4 MPa H2.