Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin-derived phenolic compounds is one of the most promising strategies for the practical conversion of biomass materials to chemicals and fuels. Several consecutive and parallel reactions such...

Under relatively mild conditions (240 °C and 0.4 MPa H2), Ru/Ti–SiO2 exhibited higher activity for C–O bond cleavage compared with both Ru/SiO2 and Ru/TiO2 catalysts, and achieved high guaiacol conversion (83.6%) and phenol selectivity (70.4%).