Selective Cleavage of C-O Bonds in Lignin Catalyzed by Rhenium(VII) Oxide (Re2 O7 ).

Invited for this month's cover are the collaborating groups of Dr. Changzhi Li from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, and Dr. Lican Lu, Xiangtan University, China. The cover picture shows the harvest of a renewable supply of aromatic compounds accessible from lignin model compounds and lignin feedstocks through the selective Re2 O7 -catalyzed cleavage of lignin C-O bonds. This study paves the way towards the development of rhenium-based catalysts for the reductive valorization of realistic lignin materials in a controlled manner. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.201700547.