The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to oxidative oxidized reaction products made from the mechanocatalytic oxidative depolymerization of lignin. More particularly, but without limitation, the mechanocatalytic oxidative depolymerization of lignin is performed in a non-aqueous/non-solvent based and solvent-free process, i.e., via a solid-solid mechanocatalytic oxidative reaction methodology. In one particular embodiment, the process of making such oxidative oxidized reaction products includes, without limitation, the step of mechanocatalytically reacting an oxidation catalyst with lignin or a lignin-containing material. The oxidative reaction products obtained from the process include, for example, at least one of vanillin, and syringealdehyde, vanillic acid, and syringic acid.

Organic intermediate synthesis, and provides a method for light-promoted oxidation of a compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond, comprising mixing a compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond with a catalyst, and oxidizing the compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond in an oxygen or air atmosphere at a temperature of 20? C. to 100? C. under light irradiation to generate an oxidation product. A method for the light-promoted direct oxidation of a compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond, which only requires a relatively low temperature to be carried out, has good compatibility with functional groups, short reaction time, high reaction efficiency, low reaction costs, high added value, simple operation and good safety, and is a mild, green and environmentally friendly oxidation method.

Organic intermediate synthesis, and provides a method for light-promoted oxidation of a compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond, comprising mixing a compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond with a catalyst, and oxidizing the compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond in an oxygen or air atmosphere at a temperature of 20? C. to 100? C. under light irradiation to generate an oxidation product. A method for the light-promoted direct oxidation of a compound containing a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond, which only requires a relatively low temperature to be carried out, has good compatibility with functional groups, short reaction time, high reaction efficiency, low reaction costs, high added value, simple operation and good safety, and is a mild, green and environmentally friendly oxidation method.

Provided are a lignin degradation catalyst that exhibits excellent lignin degradability and that is readily separated after degradation reaction, a method for producing the catalyst, and a method for degrading lignin. The lignin degradation catalyst according to the present invention contains a substrate and at least one metal compound immobilized on the substrate, wherein the at least one metal compound contains a copper compound. The method for producing a lignin degradation catalyst according to the present invention includes the step of brining a porous copper substrate into contact with a solution containing an oxidant to obtain a substrate having a copper compound immobilized thereon, or the step of subjecting a porous copper substrate to electro-oxidation to obtain a substrate having a copper compound immobilized thereon.

Provided are a lignin degradation catalyst that exhibits excellent lignin degradability and that is readily separated after degradation reaction, a method for producing the catalyst, and a method for degrading lignin. The lignin degradation catalyst according to the present invention contains a substrate and at least one metal compound immobilized on the substrate, wherein the at least one metal compound contains a copper compound. The method for producing a lignin degradation catalyst according to the present invention includes the step of brining a porous copper substrate into contact with a solution containing an oxidant to obtain a substrate having a copper compound immobilized thereon, or the step of subjecting a porous copper substrate to electro-oxidation to obtain a substrate having a copper compound immobilized thereon.

A process for production of acrylic acid includes preparing a product gas mixture by a catalytic gas-phase oxidation of a C.sub.3 precursor; cooling and contacting the cooled product gas mixture in an absorption column having at least two cooling loops in countercurrent with an absorbent to obtain an absorbate A, containing the absorbent and absorbed acrylic acid; condensing a high boiler fraction of the product gas mixture in a first cooling loop; condensing a low boiler fraction of the product gas mixture in a second cooling loop; maintaining a temperature of the absorbate A in the second cooling loop at a value of at least 56 C.; removing an acid water stream comprising glyoxal from the absorption column at a side take-off located above the second cooling loop; and removing a stream F of absorbate A from the absorption column at a side take-off, located at a height of the absorption column between the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop.

A process for production of acrylic acid includes preparing a product gas mixture by a catalytic gas-phase oxidation of a C.sub.3 precursor; cooling and contacting the cooled product gas mixture in an absorption column having at least two cooling loops in countercurrent with an absorbent to obtain an absorbate A, containing the absorbent and absorbed acrylic acid; condensing a high boiler fraction of the product gas mixture in a first cooling loop; condensing a low boiler fraction of the product gas mixture in a second cooling loop; maintaining a temperature of the absorbate A in the second cooling loop at a value of at least 56 C.; removing an acid water stream comprising glyoxal from the absorption column at a side take-off located above the second cooling loop; and removing a stream F of absorbate A from the absorption column at a side take-off, located at a height of the absorption column between the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop.

Fe.sub.2(dobdc) has a metal-organic framework with a high density of coordinatively-unsaturated Fe.sup.II centers lining the pore surface. It can be effectively used to separate O.sub.2 from N.sub.2 and in a number of additional separation applications based on selective, reversible electron transfer reactions. In addition to being an effective O.sub.2 separation material, it can be used for many other processes, including paraffin/olefin separation, nitric oxide/nitrous oxide separation, acetylene storage, and as an oxidation catalyst.

Fe.sub.2(dobdc) has a metal-organic framework with a high density of coordinatively-unsaturated Fe.sup.II centers lining the pore surface. It can be effectively used to separate O.sub.2 from N.sub.2 and in a number of additional separation applications based on selective, reversible electron transfer reactions. In addition to being an effective O.sub.2 separation material, it can be used for many other processes, including paraffin/olefin separation, nitric oxide/nitrous oxide separation, acetylene storage, and as an oxidation catalyst.

The present invention relates to a plant for performance of heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reactions. The plant entails a reactor, at least one line leading into the reactor for introduction of reactants into the reactor, at least one first feed for providing at least one first reactant A, which leads into the line, at least one second feed for providing at least one second reactant B, which leads into the line, at least one third feed for providing a cycle gas G, which leads into the line, a temperature control unit which is disposed in the line upstream of the reactor and is for controlling the temperature of the first reactant A and/or second reactant B and/or cycle gas G prior to entry into the reactor and at least one outlet for products, by-products and/or unreacted reactants from the gas phase reaction.