“…CC samples (free of the edible part) were first dried in sunlight for two days and further oven-dried at 55 °C for 16 h. The dried CC was crushed to the powder form and again kept in oven at 55 °C for 16 h followed by vacuum drying at 120 °C for 4 h and stored in an air-tight lid container. Basic zeolite and NaX (Si/Al = 1.2) was synthesized using the known procedure . Various aromatic monomers such as guaiacol (99%), 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (98%), pyrocatechol (99%), resorcinol (99%), 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (99%), 4-hydroxy benzyl alcohol (99%), diethylterephthalate (99%), 2,4-di- tert -butylphenol (99%), acetoguaiacone (98%), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl alcohol (98%), 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene (97%), vanillin (99%), eugenol (99%), and 3,4-dimethoxyphenol (99%) used for GC calibration were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, Alfa Aesar, and TCI chemicals.…”