processes Article Biomimetic Vanadate and Molybdate Systems for Oxidative Upgrading of Iono- and Organosolv Hard- and Softwood Lignins 1 2,3, 4, 1 4 Lucía Penín , Matteo Gigli y , Federica Sabuzi * , Valentín Santos , Pierluca Galloni , 4 1 3,5, , 2,3, , Valeria Conte , Juan Carlos Parajó , Heiko Lange * y and Claudia Crestini * y 1 Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnical Building, University of Vigo (Campus Ourense), As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain;
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[email protected] (C.C.) Affiliated with (4) via NAST—Nanoscience & Nanotechnology & Innovative Instrumentation Center. y Received: 25 August 2020; Accepted: 13 September 2020; Published: 16 September 2020 Abstract: Recently reported acetosolv soft- and hardwood lignins as well as ionosolv soft- and hardwood lignins were transformed into monomeric aromatic compounds using either a vanadate or a molybdate-based catalyst system. Monomers were generated with remarkable, catalyst-dependent selectivity and high depolymerisation yields via oxidative exo- and endo-depolymerisation processes.