“…Conversely, 1,4-dioxane showed the highest power of SAHL solubility. Wu et al 38 and other reports in the literature 39,40 also found that 1,4-dioxane has a high dissolving power for lignin, due to its high basicity and very low dipole moment. Although 1,4-dioxane had higher lignin solubility, methanol and ethanol gave higher bio-oil yields of (43.01 and 38.61) wt%, respectively, owing to their hydrogen-donating abilities (Table 2, entries 3, 5 and 7).…”