Biomass degradation

  • From beech wood to itaconic acid: case study on biorefinery process integration
    L. Regestein, T. Klement, P. Grande, D. Kreyenschulte, B. Heyman, T. Maßmann, A. Eggert, R. Sengpiel, Y. Wang, N. Wierckx, L. M. Blank, A. Spiess, W. Leitner, C. Bolm, M. Wessling, A. Jupke, M. Rosenbaum, J. Büchs, Biotechnol. Biofuels 2018, 11, 279.

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Oxidation of the β-O-4 Bond in Lignin and Lignin Model Compounds
    T. Rinesch, C. Bolm, ACS Omega 2018, 3, 8386–8392.

  • Mechanochemical Oxidation and Cleavage of Lignin β-O-4 Model Compounds and Lignin
    S. Dabral, H. Wotruba, J. G. Hernández, C. Bolm, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 3242–3254.

  • Mechanistic studies of base-catalysed lignin depolymerisation in dimethyl carbonate
    S. Dabral, J. Engel, J. Mottweiler, S. S. M. Spoehrle, C. W. Lahive, C. Bolm, Green Chem. 2018, 20, 170–182.

  • Mechanistic Investigation of the Catalyzed Cleavage for the Lignin β-O-4 Linkage: Implications for Vanillin and Vanillic Acid Formation
    T. Rinesch, J. Mottweiler, M. Puche, P. Concepción, A. Corma, C. Bolm, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 9818–9825.

  • Organocatalytic Chemoselective Primary Alcohol Oxidation and Subsequent Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds and Lignin
    S. Dabral, J. G. Hernández, P. C. J. Kamer, C. Bolm, ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 2707–2713.

  • Iron-catalysed oxidative cleavage of lignin and β-O-4 lignin model compounds with peroxides in DMSO
    J. Mottweiler, T. Rinesch, C. Besson, J. Buendia, C. Bolm, Green Chem. 2015, 17, 5001–5008.

  • Copper- and Vanadium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin using Dioxygen
    J. Mottweiler, M. Puche, C. Räuber, T. Schmidt, P. Concepión, A. Corma, C. Bolm, ChemSusChem. 2015, 8, 2106–2113.

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed C-C Bond Cleavage in Lignin Model Substrates
    T. vom Stein, T. den Hartog, J. Buendia, S. Stoychev, J. Mottweiler, C. Bolm, J. Klankermayer, W. Leitner, Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 5957–5961, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5859–5863.

  • Cleavage and diastereoselective synthesis of mono- und dilignol β-O-4 model compounds
    J. Mottweiler, J. Buendia, E. Zuidema, C. Bolm, in M. Klaas, W. Schröder (Eds.), Fuels from Biomass: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2015, 105–116 (ISBN 978-3-662-45425-1).

  • From gene towards selective biomass valorization: Novel bacterial β-etherases with catalytic activity on lignin-like polymers
    P. Picart, C. Müller, J. Mottweiler, L. Wiermans, C. Bolm, P. Domínguez de María, A. Schallmey, ChemSusChem 2014, 7, 3164–3171.

  • Preparation of Diastereomerically Pure Dilignol Model Compounds
    J. Buendia, J. Mottweiler, C. Bolm, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13877–13882.