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Advances in Catalytic Hydroconversion of Typical Heavy    Carbon

Resources under Mild Conditions

3 Xian-Yong Wei,* Xiang Bai, Feng-Yun Ma, Zhi-Min Zong, Wei Zhao, Zhong-Hai Ni, Xing Fan,

4 Lin-Bing Sun, Jing-Pei Cao, Yun-Peng Zhao, Shi-Chao Qi, Jing Liang, Xiao-Ming Yue, Fang-Jing Liu,

5 Wen-Long Mo, Jing-Mei Liu, Yu-Hong Kang, Guang-Hui Liu, Zhong-Qiu Liu, and Li  Li

 

 

 

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6 ABSTRACT: Low-rank coals, biomass, and heavy petroleum are typical heavy carbon resources, which are currently not efficiently

7 used, and many processes for the current use of the heavy carbon resources cause severe environmental pollution with very limited

economic benefits even with a great deficit. Efficiently using the heavy carbon resources can greatly improve the environment and

create huge economic benefits. The main difficulty in efficiently using the heavy carbon resources is the high content of  aromatic

10 rings (ARs) and heteroatoms in addition to the insoluble and complex macromolecular structures of the heavy carbon resources.

11 Catalytic hydroconversion (CHC) includes catalytic hydrocracking and subsequent catalytic hydrofining. Many low-rank coals

12 consist of macromolecular species, which are rich in bridged linkages connecting structural units, especially ARs, on which side

13 chains are usually contained. Many ARs, bridged linkages, and side chains contain heteroatoms. Over a proper active catalyst, many

14  bridged linkages and even some side chains can be cleaved, and many heteroatoms outside the ARs can be removed by the   CHC

15  under mild conditions to get soluble portions with relatively simple composition, facilitating subsequent separation to obtain  pure

16  chemicals, especially value-added products, such as condensed aromatics. The remaining economically inseparable species can   be

17 converted to liquid chemicals, especially nonsubstituted and alkyl-substituted cyclanes, by subsequent catalytic hydrofining. Catalysts

18 and catalytically formed active hydrogen play crucial roles in the processes. Mainly based on our investigations, the related advances

19  are reviewed in this work.

 


 

1.   INTRODUCTION

20 Low-rank coals, biomass, and heavy petroleum are typical heavy

21 carbon resources.14 Such heavy carbon resources are currently

22  not efficiently  used,  and many  processes,  including catalytic

23  hydroconversion (CHC) at high temperatures, pyrolysis,   and

24 gasification, for the current use of heavy carbon resources cause

25 environmental pollution, e.g., inevitable exhaust gas, wastewater,

26  and  waste  residue,  to  different  extents,  with  very   limited

27 economic benefits even with a great deficit.

28         Efficiently using heavy carbon resources can greatly improve

29  the environment and create huge economic benefits. Most  of

30  heavy carbon resources have high contents of aromatic   rings

31  (ARs), especially condensed ARs, and heteroatoms in addition

32  to  the  insoluble  and  complex  macromolecular   structures,


causing huge difficulty in their efficient use. When using heavy 33 carbon resources as precursors for producing clean fuels, both 34 ARs and heteroatoms should be removed, but as chemicals, 35 many aromatics, especially condensed and heteroatom-contain- 36 ing aromatics in heavy carbon resources and the soluble portion 37 from converting the heavy carbon resources, are valuable, and in 38 general, the aromatics with more ARs and more heteroatoms are 39


 


 

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40  more expensive.5  For example, the price of triphenylene  with

41  condensed  4  ARs  is  962  times  that  of  naphthalene   with

42 condensed 2 ARs, and with condensed 3 ARs, the price of

43  acridine is 7.25 times that of anthracene.4

44         CHC   includes   catalytic   hydrocracking   and subsequent

45  catalytic  hydrofining.  Both  low-rank  coals  and   biomass,

46  especially their  insoluble  portions, mainly  consist  of macro-

47 molecular species, which are rich in bridged linkages connecting

48 structural units, especially ARs, on which side chains are usually

49  contained. Since soluble portions in heavy carbon    resources

50 usually consist of numerous organic species, using an insoluble

51  portion as  the reactant  can prevent  the disturbance of     the

52  inherently existing organic species in the soluble portions.69

53         Thermal conversions at high temperatures are still the main

54  technologies and the main investigations for utilizing     heavy

55  carbon  resources.  As  mentioned  above,  such   conversions

56 consume large amount of heavy carbon resources with the

57 huge emission of exhaust gas (especially CO2), wastewater, and

58  waste  residue  to  produce  low-value  products.  Developing

59  directional  conversion  technologies,  especially  CHC  under

60  mild conditions, is crucial for smartly converting heavy carbon

61  resources  to  value-added  products,  especially   condensed

62  aromatics, with near-zero emission of exhaust gas, wastewater,

63 and waste residue. Unfortunately, such important investigations

64 were paid less attention compared to thermal conversions. The

65 key scientific issues to be resolved for directional CHC of heavy

66  carbon resources are as follows: (1) How does one    precisely

67 tailor the macromolecular species in the heavy carbon resources

68  to obtain value-added products? (2) What are active hydrogen


The first reason is that macromolecular species in some heavy 101 carbon resources contain weak bridged linkages and bond 102 scissions during the NCHC, e.g., coal pyrolysis, result solely 103 from the thermolysis of weak bridged linkages, so the hydrogen- 104 donating compounds donate their benzylic hydrogen to stabilize 105 radical fragments from the thermolysis of weak bridged 106 linkages,19   as illustrated  in  Scheme  1.  However,  the results 107  s1

 

Scheme 1. Conventional Consideration on the Role of Hydrogen-Donating Compounds in Promoting the Degradation of Heavy Carbon Resources by Stabilizing the Thermally Produced Radical  Fragments19

 

 

 

from the thermolysis of either 1,2-di(1-naphthyl) ethane or 1,3- 108 diphenylpropane indicate that adding a hydrogen-donating 109 compound inhibit each thermolysis and adding a hydrogen- 110 donating compound with a stronger hydrogen-donating ability 111

20,21


69  species for precisely tailoring the macromolecular species  and


inhibits the thermolysis more  severely.


For example, 1,3- 112


70 how does one effectively produce the active hydrogen species?

71  (3)   Where   are   the  key  positions   to  be   tailored  in   the

72 macromolecular species and what roles do the active hydrogen

73 species play in tailoring the positions? Mainly based on our

74 investigations, the related advances are reviewed in this paper in

75  comparison  with  noncatalytic  hydroconversion  (NCHC) of

76  heavy carbon resources.


diphenylpropane thermolysis is a typical chain reaction and 113

thermally the produced radical fragments, such as benzyl, 114 phenylethyl, and 1,3-diphenylprop-1-yl radicals, play crucial 115 roles in the chain reaction. Benzylic hydrogen provided by a 116 hydrogen-donating compound scavenges the radical fragments 117 and thereby inhibits 1,3-diphenylpropane thermolysis. These 118 facts suggest that scavenging radical fragments by a hydrogen- 119 donating compound could inhibit the NCHC of heavy carbon 120


2.    THE ROLES OF BENZYLIC HYDROGEN IN THE NCHC


resources.


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77            OF HEAVY CARBON RESOURCES

78  Benzylic hydrogen exists in both heavy carbon resources  and

79  hydrogen-donating compounds used as solvents.   Hydrogen-

80  donating compounds are generally considered to promote the

81  conversion  of  heavy  carbon  resources,  especially   coal

82 liquefaction.1015  Sheng  et  al.16  investigated  NCHC  of an

83  asphaltene  using tetralin as  a hydrogen-donating compound.

84 Their results showed that the total yield of soluble portion from

85  asphaltene  conversion  reached  70.34%  by  controlling  the

86  reaction conditions. Unfortunately, they did not provide    the

87  detailed analyses, especially detailed molecular composition, of

88 asphaltene and the liquid. In fact, since both asphaltene and the

89 liquid consist of complex organic species, and since tetralin and

90  its  derivates17   could  be  included  in  the  liquid,  getting  the


Another reason is that benzylic hydrogen leaving from a 122

hydrogen-donating compound can attack an ipso-position 123 connecting a arylmethyl group and subsequently cleave the 124 strong >CarCH2 bond. Such a pathway was first proposed by 125 McMillen et al.22 according to their investigation on the kinetics 126 of diphenylmethane decomposition in tetralin. However, 127 diphenylmethane conversion is less than 0.1% even in 20 h 128 reaction at 400 °C and still negligible even in a stronger 129 hydrogen-donating compound according to their kinetic 130 investigation.  In  fact,  NCHC  of  diphenylmethane  is  very  131

difficult in tetralin even at 430 °C under pressurized H2.23  132

Taking 9,10-dihydroanthracene as an example, as depicted in 133 Scheme 2, thermally cleaving the >Cα-H bond in 9,10- 134 s2 dihydroanthracene  to  produce  H•   and  9-hydroanthr-10-yl   135

radical  is  relatively  easy  because  of  the  relatively  stable  9- 136


91 objective asphaltene conversion and total liquid yield is difficult.                                                                                                                    


92         Apparently, the hydrogen-donating ability of the hydrogen-

93  donating compounds increases in the order of tetralin  <9,10-

94  dihydrophenanthrene  <9,10-dihydroanthracene,  since  the

95  stability  of  the  resulting  radical  fragments  increases  in the

96  same order, i.e., tetral-1-yl radical <    9-hydrophenanthr-10-yl

97 radical < 9-hydroanthr-10-yl radical.18 The promotional roles of

98 the hydrogen-donating compounds in the NCHC of heavy

99  carbon resources are related to two reasons rather than to any

100 hydrogen-donating compound.


Scheme 2. “Hydrogen Donation” from 9,10- Dihydroanthracene Leading to the Formation of Anthracene24


 

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Scheme 3. An Example for Cleaving Bridged Linkages by Intramolecular Benzylic Hydrogen Transfer3

 

 

Scheme 4. Possible Pathway for the Selective Deoxygenation of Vanillin to 4-Methylguaiacol

 

 

Scheme 5. A Chain Reaction from FeS2 Thermolysis to FeS2 Regeneration with H2 to Release H

 

 


137 hydroanthr-10-yl radical, but the resulting H prefers to abstract

138  benzylic hydrogen in 10-position of 9-hydroanthr-10-yl radical

139  due to the formation of much more stable anthracene   rather

140  than being donated to an ipso-position in a diarylmethane.  In

141  addition, such an intramolecular benzylic hydrogen transfer is

142 more favorable.

143         In some cases, intramolecular benzylic hydrogen     transfer

144  could  result in cleaving  a macromolecular component to     a

s3                145  smaller  compound,  as  Scheme  3  illustrates.  Such  an intra-

146 molecular benzylic hydrogen transfer could proceed at relatively

147  low  temperatures  and  is  desirable  for  producing   valuable

148 condensed arenes, but at temperatures higher than 480 °C,

149  the dehydrogenation from condensed arenes and  subsequent

150  condensation  among  the  condensed  aromatic  radicals    to

151  produce chars are inevitable.

152         Alkanols, such as methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, and 2-

153  propanol,  are  also  considered  to  be   hydrogen-donating

154  compounds.2531  However, since the dissociation energies   of


was completely converted to ethanol-soluble portion and the 168 total yield of aromatics reached 25.5%. Over an acidic catalyst, 169 H+ transfer from 2-propanol to vanillin for selective deoxyge- 170 nation was reported to proceed under mild conditions without 171 H2.42 In this case, H+ could result from the adsorption of oxygen 172 atom in 2-propanol, which is an excellent nucleophilic 173 compound, and subsequent heterolytic cleavage of the OH 174 bond. The resulting (CH3)2CHOadsorbed on the catalyst 175 tends to be converted to acetone by releasing H from the 176 tertiary carbon. H+ transfer to the oxygen atom in the formyl 177 group of vanillin and subsequent Habstraction by the benzylic 178

carbon lead to the formation of 4-hydroxymethylguaiacol 179 followed by H+ transfer to the oxygen atom in the CH2OH 180 group of 4-hydroxymethylguaiacol, dehydration from the 181 protonated CH2OH group, and H abstraction by the 182 resulting guaiacylmethylium to produce 4-methylguaiacol 183 (Scheme 4). Noteworthily, transferring H+ to the oxygen atom 184 s4


155 OH bonds are much higher than those of ARCH2H bonds,

156 directly donating H by cleaving OH bonds is difficult. In

157 fact, the alkoxy group in an alkanol is a nucleophilic group, which

158  can attack a carbon atom connected with an oxygen atom and

159  subsequently   cleave   the   >CH2O−   or   >CarO bonds


in both 2-propanol and acetone also consumes H+.

 

3.    THE ROLES OF BENZYLIC HYDROGEN, H, AND BIATOMIC ACTIVE HYDROGEN (H···H) IN THE CHC OF HEAVY CARBON RESOURCES


185

 

 

 

186

187


160 followed by hydrogen transfer from the OH group in the

161 alkanol to the oxygen atom; i.e., the hydrogen donation of

162  alkanols is induced by alkanolyses.3240

163         Alkanols are usually used as solvents for the hydroconversion

164 of lignin and its derived monomers. Bai et al.41 examined NiMo/

165  Al-catalyzed hydroconversion of a corncob-derived residue in

166  ethanol under 2.76 MPa of initial hydrogen pressure (IHP)  at


The roles of benzylic hydrogen in the CHC of heavy carbon    188

resources were intensively investigated. According to conven- 189 tional viewpoints,4349 catalysts promote hydrogen transfer 190 from the hydrogen-donating compound, e.g., tetralin, to the 191 heavy carbon resource and from H2 to the dehydrogenated 192 hydrogen-donating compound, e.g., naphthalene, in addition to 193 the role of the hydrogen-donating compound in scavenging 194


167  320 °C for 7.5 h. Under such reaction conditions, the  residue


radical fragments mentioned above.


195


 

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196         Indeed, many hydrogen-donating compounds play  positive

197 roles in swelling and dissolving organic matter in heavy carbon

198 resources, but their negative roles in the CHC of heavy carbon


with either a stronger hydrogen-donating ability or a more 236 condensed AR more severely scavenges H. As a commonly used 237 hydrogen-donating compound, tetralin proved to apparently    238

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199  resources cannot be ignored. Ouchi and Makabe50  first found

200 the inhibiting effect of tetralin in comparison with decalin, a non-


inhibit both di(1-naphthyl) methane hydrocracking over FeS2 and the reaction of coal macromolecule to oil.51


239

240


201  hydrogen-donating compound, on the CHC of bibenzyl   and

202 benzyloxybenzene at 250 and 400 °C over stabilized nickel.

203  They considered that the inhibiting effect resulted from     the

204 stronger adsorption of tetralin than that of decalin on the surface

205  of stabilized nickel and the main reaction proceeded by direct

206 hydrogen transfer from H2 over the surface of stabilized nickel.

207  Similar suggestion on the main reaction was also proposed by

208  Niu et al.51


In addition to the above defects, both hydroarenes used as   241

hydrogen-donating compounds and their resulting condensed 242 arenes are usually expensive and less volatile, suggesting that 243 they should be recovered as completely as possible after use, but 244 recovering them from a reaction mixture is very energy- and 245 time-consuming. Another problem is that since both hydro- 246 arenes used as hydrogen-donating compounds and their 247 resulting condensed arenes exist in organic matter in heavy 248

5560


209         FeS2 proved to be active for producing H by a chain reaction


carbon resources and their soluble products,


distinguishing 249


s5                210  shown  in  Scheme  5  without  any  hydrogen-donating  com-

211 pound52 and H plays a crucial role in cleaving the >CarCH2


their  sources,  i.e.,  whether  they  result  from  the  hydrogen- 250

donating compounds or the heavy carbon resources, is difficult. 251

6164


212  bridged linkages in diarylmethanes.53  However, FeS2-catalyzed


Some carbon materials, such as activated   carbon

6567


and 252


213  hydrocracking  of  diphenylmethane  in  decalin  at  400     °C


carbon black,


also catalyze the formation and transfer of H


253


214  indicated that adding a hydrogen-donating compound, such as

215  tetralin,  9,10-dihydrophenanthrene,  and 9,10-dihydroanthra-

216  cene, inhibited diphenylmethane hydrocracking and adding   a

217  stronger  hydrogen-donating  compound  inhibited  diphenyl-

218  methane  hydrocracking  severer.24   Diphenylmethane  hydro-

219  cracking was more inhibited by adding the hydrogen-donating


by homogeneously splitting HH bond in H2. Adding sulfur   254

promotes di(1-naphthyl) methane hydrocracking over an 255 activated carbon due to the formation of H2S by the reaction 256 of H2 with the added sulfur over the activated carbon and the 257 much weaker HSH bond than HH bond, and the 258 synergistically  increased  di(1-naphthyl)  methane  conversion 259

61


220  compound-derived condensed arenes, i.e., naphthalene,   phe-


increases with raising the reaction temperature up to 350 °C.


260


221 nanthrene, and anthracene, and diphenylmethane conversion in


Previous  investigation  on  the  CHC  of  α,ω-diarylal-   261


222  the  condensed  arenes  added  decreased  in  the  order      of


kanes


53,63,66,68


indicated that the effectiveness of   H


transfer 262


223  naphthalene > phenanthrene > anthracene, being the same as

224  the order of the resulting hydrogen-donating compounds, i.e.,


for cleaving bridged linkages connecting ARs over FeSunder 263

mild conditions not only depended on the H-accepting ability, 264

21,69


225 tetralin >9,10-dihydrophenanthrene >9,10-dihydroanthracene,


in terms of superdelocalizability (Figure  1),


of an AR, but 265 f1


226  since the more condensed arenes more strongly adsorb on the


was also related to the stability, in terms of resonance energy   266

70


227  catalyst  surface,  and  there  are  equilibriums  between     the


(Figure 2),


of the leaving arylalkyl or diarylalkyl radical.


267 f2


228  hydrogenation of condensed arene to its resulting   hydrogen-


According to the CHC of α,ω-diarylalkanes at 300 °C over   268

68


FeS2,


only very small amount of biphenyl was converted to   269


229  donating compound, e.g., anthracene to   9,10-dihydroanthra-

230  cene,  and  the  dehydrogenation  of  a    hydrogen-donating

231  compound to its corresponding condensed arene, e.g.,    9,10-

232  dihydroanthracene to anthracene, under pressurized H2     over

233  FeS2. Such an intramolecular hydrogenation and dehydrogen-

234 ation mainly consumes H rather than donates H to another

s6                235  molecule (Scheme 6). These results indicate that  an   additive

 

Scheme 6. Intramolecular H Transfer between 9,10- Dihydroanthracene and Its Dehydrogenated  Products4


cyclohexylbenzene, while both bibenzyl and 1,3-diphenylpro- 270 pane were not converted due to the weak H-accepting ability of 271 benzene ring (BR) and the resulting labile phenylethyl and 272 phenylpropyl radicals. Under the same conditions, 1,2-di(1- 273 naphthyl) ethane hydrocracking is not significant and the main 274 products are partially hydrogenated derivates due to the much 275 stronger H-accepting ability of naphthalene ring (NR) than 276 that of BR but the still labile naphthylethyl radical. Bi(1- 277 naphthyl) cannot be directly hydrocracked under the same 278 conditions because of the resulting extremely labile phenyl 279 radical, but both naphthalene and tetralin were detected from 280 the CHC of bi(1-naphthyl) since H transfer to the ipso-position 281 of a NR in bi(1-naphthyl) and subsequent Htransfer to the 282 same NR produced 1-(tetralyl) naphthalene, and subsequent H 283 transfer to the ipso-position of NR in 1-(tetralyl) naphthalene  284


produced naphthalene and tetralin.


285


Either iron sulfide- or nickel sulfide-catalyzed reaction of 9,10- 286 diphenylanthracene primarily proceeds by Htransfer to the 9- 287 and 10-positions of 9,10-diphenylanthracene, producing 288 (9R,10R)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene as the main 289 product and (9R,10S)-9,10-diphenyl- 9,10-dihydroanthracene   290 as the byproduct71,72 because of the much larger super- 291 delocalizability of 9- and 10-positions than other positions 292 (Figure 1 and Scheme 7). Hcan attack the 10-position of the 293 s7 intermediate 9,10-diphenyl-9-hydroanthryl radical via either the 294 same direction as the Htransfer to 9-position of 9,10- 295 diphenylanthracene or the  opposite direction. In the  case of  296 the Htransfer via the same direction, the added Hin the 9- 297 position tends to be abstracted by the adding H, while in 298

 

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Figure 1. Superdelocalizabilities of carbon atoms in different positions of the typical arenes.21,69

 

 


Figure 2. Resonance energies (kJ mol1) of some benzylic radicals.70

Scheme 7. Reaction Pathway for H Transfer to 9,10-


 

and  (9R,10S)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene  (Scheme 312


Diphenylanthracene71,72


7).


313


The CHC of 1-benzylnaphthalene at 300 °C over FeS2 314 predominantly proceeds via Htransfer to the ipso-position of 315 NR in 1-benzylnaphthalene also due to the much stronger H- 316 accepting ability of NR than BR.53  However, 2-benzylnaph- 317

thalene and two 2-benzyltetralins were unexpectedly detected. 318 Their formation should be ascribed to the addition of the 319 relatively reactive benzyl radical, the leaving radical from the NR 320 via NR-CH2BR bond cleavage, to the 2-position of the NR. 321 Similar to FeS2, activated carbon predominantly catalyzes the 322 partial hydrogenation of condensed arenes. The reactivities of 323 condensed arenes toward the partial hydrogenation were found 324 to  be  closely  related  to  the  H-accepting  abilities  of  the    325


condensed arenes.63


326


 

 

 

299 another case the adding H cannot abstract the added H so that

300 the transhydrogenation to 9,10-diphenylanthracene is predom-


The above results suggest that cleaving bridged linkages in 327 heavy carbon resources by Htransfer under mild conditions 328 over both metal sulfides and carbon materials is selective to 329 some extent. Using a tetrahydrofuran/methanol mixture 330 insoluble portion of Pingshuo bituminous coal as an example, 331 its CHC over an ironsulfur system and NCHC at 300 °C in   332

73


301  inant.   H•    transfer   to   either  (9R,10R)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-


cyclohexane were investigated.


As a result, the CHC produced 333


302  dihydroanthracene or (9R,10S)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihydroan-

303 thracene is difficult due to the small superdelocalizability of the

304  BRs  in  (9R,10R)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene  and

305  (9R,10S)- 9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene. In particular,

306  H•   transfer  to  the  *C  in  (9R,10R)-9,10-diphenyl-  9,10-

307  dihydroanthracene   and  (9R,10S)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10-dihy-

308  droanthracene is the most difficult, since the   superdelocaliz-

309 ability of *C is smallest and the transferring Hcan be easily

310  abstracted by the  benzylic hydrogen, which is also a    tertiary

311  hydrogen, in (9R,10R)-9,10-diphenyl-9,10- dihydroanthracene


much more anthracene and 9,10-dihydroanthracene than the   334

NCHC. In addition, the yield of 9,10-dihydroanthracene is 335 much lower than that of anthracene from the NCHC, while the 336 yield of 9,10-dihydroanthracene is appreciably higher than that 337 of anthracene from the CHC. The insoluble portion should 338 contain or even rich in anthracene ring, and some ARs could be 339 connected with a macromolecular group (MMG)-substituted   340

BRCH2-, BRO-, BRS-, and/or BRNH- group. H transfer to the 341

ipso-position in the anthracene ring induced the cleavage of the 342

MMG-substituted  BRCH2-anthracene  ring,  BRO-anthracene 343


 

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344 ring, BRS-anthracene ring, and/or BRNH-anthracene ring, and

345  thereby released anthracene, which can be easily converted  to

s8                346  9,10-dihydroanthracene by subsequent Htransfer (Scheme 8).

 

Scheme 8. Possible Pathway for the Release of Anthracene and 9,10-Dihydroanthracene from the CHC of a


1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroanthracene as the byproducts under 5 371 MPa of IHP at 150 °C over Ni/ZSM-5 for 5 h.77 Interestingly, all 372 the products kept the central BR unhydrogenated, indicating 373 Ni/ZSM-5 specifically catalyzed H···H transfer to 9,10- 374 diphenylanthracene. In other words, 9,10-diphenylanthracene 375 hydrogenation can be used to justify the type of hydrogen 376


Tetrahydrofuran/Methanol  MixtureInsoluble  Portion of


transfer, i.e., Hor H···H transfer.


377


Pingshuo Bituminous Coal over an IronSulfur System


Ni/attapulgite powder is also active for arene hydrogenation 378

under mild conditions.78 Under 4 MPa of IHP for 4 h, 379 anthracene was completely converted to perhydroanthracenes at 380 175 °C, but anthracene conversion dropped to <75% with 9,10- 381 dihydroanthracene as the main product at 300 °C, clearly 382 indicating that saturated hydrogenation should not proceed at 383 high temperatures. Similar to other ultrafine metals, Ni/ 384 attapulgite powder also activates H2 to H···H to effectively 385 hydrogenate anthracene to perhydroanthracenes at low temper- 386 atures, but at high temperatures H···H bond tends to be 387 thermally cleaved to produce H, which transfer to anthracene 388 predominantly yields 9,10-dihydroanthracene, and there is an 389 equilibrium between anthracene hydrogenation and 9,10- 390 dihydroanthracene  dehydrogenation  by  the  H•   transfer,  as  391


 

 

 

 

347         Different from metal sulfides, ultrafine metals mainly activates


depicted in Scheme 9.78

 

4.    THE ROLES OF H+ AND H···H IN THE CHC OF HEAVY CARBON RESOURCES


392 s9

 

 

 

393


348  H2    to   H···H   under   mild   conditions.74,75   Di(1-naphthyl)


There are three problems for H


transfer to specifically cleave 394


349  methane  was  completely  converted  to  its    hydrogenated

350  products, which mainly consist of naphthylmethyltetralins and

351  ditetralylmethanes,  under  10  MPa  of  IHP  at  300  °C over

352  ultrafine  iron,  while  adding  sulfur  inhibited  di(1-naphthyl)

353  methane hydrogenation but promoted di(1-naphthyl) methane

354  hydrocracking.74   The  main  products  from 9,10-diphenylan-

355 thracene hydrogenation are 9,10-diphenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroan-

356  thracene  and  9,10-diphenyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroanthra-

357  cene  over ultrafine  metals  under mild  conditions,  since the

358 main active hydrogen is H···H and its transfer to 9- and 10-

359 positions is very difficult due to the much smaller distance

360 between the two hydrogen atoms in H···H than that between the

361  two carbon atoms in 9- and 10-positions of  9,10-diphenylan-

362  thracene.71,72 Ni/ZSM-5 prepared using nickel tetracarbonyl as

363  the  precursor  for  nickel  is  highly  active  for  completely 364 hydrogenating polymethylbenzenes,76 naphthalene,  phenan- 365 threne, and anthracene under 6 MPa of IHP at 160220 °C

366  and also effective for catalyzing coal tar hydrogenation.77 9,10-

367  Diphenylanthracene  was  hydrogenated  to   9,10-diphenyl-

368  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroanthracene as the main product along

369  with  9,10-dicyclohexylanthracene,  9,10-dicyclohexyl-1,2,3,4-

370  tetrahydroanthracene,  and  9-cyclohex-  cyl-10-phenyl-


bridged linkages. The first one is the difficulty in significantly 395 increasing the Hconcentration, because such an increase 396 enhances the possibility for scavenging the H•  species by their 397

collision to produce H2. The second one results from the partial 398

hydrogenation by H transfer, e.g., the CHC of di(1-naphthyl) 399

methane to naphthylmethyltetralins and bi(tetralyl) meth- 400 anes,54,74 1-benzylnaphthalene to benzyltetralins,53 and 1,2- 401 di(1-naphthyl) ethane to naphthylethyltetralins and 1,2- 402 (ditetralyl) ethanes.68 In particular, H transfer to condensed 403 arenes usually produces multiple partially hydrogenated 404 products; e.g., Htransfer to 2,3-naphthacene over an activated 405 carbon produced seven partially hydrogenated products.62 406 Apparently, separating any  partially  hydrogenated  product  407 from such a mixture is not easy. The last one is caused by the 408 scavenging effect of benzylic hydrogen on Htransfer, e.g., as 409 mentioned above, Htransfer over either a metal sulfide or an 410 activated carbon to the ipso-position of di(1-naphthyl) methane 411 induces di(1-naphthyl) methane hydrogenation.5254,74,75 412 However, as Scheme 10 demonstrates,79 the abstraction of 413 s10 benzylic hydrogen from the CH2 in di(1-naphthyl) methane 414

by H•  and subsequent H•  addition to the resulting CH 415

should also be considered. Such an abstraction and addition 416


 

Scheme 9. Anthracene Hydrogenation at 175 and 300 °C over Ni/Attapulgite Powder78

 

 

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Scheme 10. Possible Mechanism for Scavenging H by Benzylic  Hydrogen  in Di(1-naphthyl)methane79


genation at 300 °C, suggesting that the new solid acid is active 448 for heterolytically splitting H2 to mobile H+ and immobile H 449 attached on the surface of the new solid acid and H+ transfer to 450 the ipso-position of di(1-naphthyl) methane induces di(1- 451 naphthyl) methane hydrocracking. Interestingly, the yield of 452 naphthalene is appreciably higher than that of 1-methylnaph- 453 thalene, implying that the demethylation appreciably proceeded 454


over the new solid acid.


455


 

 

 

417 consumed H without contribution to di(1-naphthyl) methane

418 hydrocracking.

419         Different from H•  transfer, Htransfer does not    abstract

420  benzylic hydrogen and scavenging Hdoes not occur by   the


The CHC of an insoluble portion from Lingwu bituminous 456 coal was also investigated at 300 °C over the new solid acid.8 457 Compared to the NCHC, the CHC of the insoluble portion 458 produced much more arenes and phenols. Noteworthily, ca. 459 66.1% of the arenes is due to diphenylmethane, further 460 suggesting that some arenes can be released in a high yield 461 from the CHC of a heavy carbon resource similar to the CHC of 462

73


421  collision of Hspecies to provide a possibility for significantly


the insoluble portion from Pingshuo bituminous coal.


Most of 463


422  increasing the H•  concentration. For example, the acidities  of

423 carborane acids80 and a mixture called magic acid81 consisting of

424  equimolar parts of FSO3H and SbF5 are 1 million and 1 billion


the  resulting  phenols  are  alkyl-substituted  phenols.  In  the 464

insoluble portion from Lingwu bituminous coal, as Scheme 11 465 s11

exhibits, diphenylmethyl group (DPMG) could be connected   466

+


425 times, respectively, stronger than that of concentrated H2SO4. In


with  a  MMG-substituted  anthracene  ring  (MMGSAR). H


467


426 addition, two or more H+ species cannot simultaneously attack

427 the same AR to avoid the AR hydrogenation.

428         Unfortunately, the practical application of both   carborane

429 acids and magic acid in catalyzing the hydroconversion of heavy

430  carbon resources is  difficult due to the extreme difficulty    in

431  synthesizing carborane acids and too severe corrosiveness   of

432 magic acid. Conveniently preparing a less corrosive, recyclable,

433  and  highly  active  catalyst  for  heterolytically  splitting  H2 to

434 effectively release mobile H+ is one of our ultimate targets. We

435  believe that such a  catalyst greatly facilitates the     directional

436 CHC of heavy carbon resources under mild conditions.

437         A new solid acid was prepared by ultrasonically impregnating

438  isometric pentachloroantimony and trimethylsilyl trifluorome-

439  thanesulfonate into an activated carbon.82  Multiple    analyses

440  reveal  the  strong  interactions  among pentachloroantimony,

441  trimethylsilyl   trifluoromethanesulfonate,   and   the activated

442 carbon in the new solid acid and suggest that the new solid


transfer to the ipso-position of the MMGSAR induces the 468

cleavage of the DPMG-MMGSAR bond, releasing diphenylme- 469 thylium followed by the abstraction of Hby diphenylmethy- 470 lium from the surface of H-attached new solid acid. Similarly, 471 the CH2O- bridged linkage connecting an alkyl-substituted 472 BR with a MMGSAR could be cleaved by H+ transfer to the 473 oxygen atom in the bridged linkage to release alkyl-substituted 474 phenols. Significantly higher yields of arenes and arenols were 475 also released from the CHC of insoluble portion obtaining from 476

Piliqing subbituminous coal over a highly active magnetic solid 477 superacid compared to the NCHC at 300 °C.83 More 478 interestingly, significantly high yield of mesitylene, a value- 479 added compound having many important applications, were    480

released from the CHC of insoluble portions obtaining from 481 Piliqing subbituminous coal,82 Hefeng subbituminous coal,84 482 Huozhou lignite, and Shaerhu lignite,85 and all the coal samples 483 were collected from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 484


443  acid  exhibits  an  appreciably  stronger  acidity  than     either


China.


485


444  pentachloroantimony/activated  carbon  or  trimethylsilyl  tri-

445 fluoromethanesulfonate/activated carbon. Over the new solid

446  acid, di(1-naphthyl) methane was specifically hydrocracked  to

447  naphthalene  and  1-methylnaphthalene  without  NR  hydro-


Naomaohu lignite is also a low-rank coal collected from 486 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Its CHC was 487 ultrasonically extracted with isometric carbon disulfide/acetone 488 mixed solvent (MS) and the resulting insoluble portion was 489


 

Scheme 11. Possible Pathways for Releasing Diphenylmethane and Alkyl-Substituted Phenols from the CHC of the Insoluble Portion Obtained from Lingwu Bituminous Coal over the New Solid Acid8

 

 

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490  isolated  into  light  and  heavy  insoluble  portions  in carbon

491  tetrachloride.  The  light  insoluble  portion  was  subjected to

492 NCHC and CHC in cyclohexane at 160 °C under 4 MPa of IHP

493  for 12 h. Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid supported on an acid-

494  treated attapulgite was used as the catalyst for the CHC. As  a

495 result, the yield of soluble portion from the CHC is 60.0%, while

496 the yield (1.8%) of soluble portion from the NCHC is negligible.

497 The predominant products from the catalytic hydroconversion


ring. The >CHOH2+ bond cleavage to produce H2O and 527 perhydroanthr-9-ylium is relatively easy because of the resulting 528 relatively stable perhydroanthr-9-ylium. Then, perhydroanthr-9- 529 ylium can abstract H from the surface of H-attached Ni/solid 530 acid to yield perhydroanthracene. By the synergic H+ and H···H 531 transfer, the CHCs of other heavy carbon resources, including 532 extracts from an oil sludge89 and Jinjitan subbituminous coal,91 533 and an organic waste oil91,92 to cyclanes over Ni/solid acids were 534


498  are  oxygen-containing  organic  compounds,  especially   4-


also achieved.


535


499 methylpent-3-en-2-one and 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-pentan-2-one,

500 suggesting that the cleavage of >CαOβ and >CβOα bonds

501 in the light insoluble portion significantly proceeded during the

502  CHC.86    Oxygen-containing  organic  compounds  are   also

503  predominant from the CHC of an alkali lignin over Ni/Hβ.87

504         Nickel supported on solid acids proved to be the bifunctional

505 catalyst for the CHC of heavy carbon resources to cyclanes.8892

506 Earlier investigation focused on the CHC of the methanol-

507 soluble portion, mainly consisting of    heteroatom-containing

508  organic  compounds  with  small  amounts  of  chain  alkanes,

509 alkenes, and arenes, from Xiaolongtan lignite in cyclohexane at

510  200 °C over Ni/Z5A.88  After the catalytic   hydroconversion,

511  arenes  and  almost  all  the  heteroatom-containing    organic

512  compounds  were  converted  to  chain  alkanes  and cyclanes.

513  Especially,  the  resulting  cyclanes  account  for  70%  of  the

514 products, while ca. 45% of the methanol-soluble portion is

515 arenols, which was completely converted to cyclanes.


Chen et al.93 investigated CHC of butyl levulinate, an 536 important biomass-derived compound, to γ-valerolactone over 537 Cu0.5Ni1Co3B. Their results exhibited that the conversion of 538 butyl levulinate and γ-valerolactone reached up to 99.7% and 539 89.5%, respectively, under 3 MPa of H2 at 200 °C for 3 h, but 540 they did not explain the reaction pathway. As found by Scotti et 541 al.94 that very small particles (less than 5 nm) of metallic Cu 542 could exhibit catalytically relevant Lewis acidity. So, the 543 activation of Hto H···H and heterolytic cleavage of H···H to 544

relatively  mobile  H+    and  immobile  H−    attached  on  the   545

Cu0.5Ni1Co3B surface could also proceed. There are three 546 oxygen atoms in butyl levulinate and the conversion of butyl 547 levulinate to γ-valerolactone suggests that H+ preferentially 548 attacks the oxygen atom in acetyl group of butyl levulinate 549 followed by abstracting H from the catalyst surface by the 550 protonated butyl levulinate to produce butyl 4-hydroxypenta-  551

+


s12               516         As illustrated in Scheme 12, Ni/solid acid     simultaneously


noate, H


transfer to the oxygen atom in hydroxy group of butyl 552


517 activates H2 to H···H and splits both H2 and H···H to mobile H+


4-hydroxypentanoate, dehydration from the protonated butyl 4- 553

hydroxypentanoate, and the formation of the >C*HO bond 554


(Scheme 14).


555 s14


Scheme 12. Catalysis of a Ni/Solid Acid in Activating H2 to

+


Furfural is another important biomass-derived compound and 556


H···H and Splitting both H2 and H···H to Mobile H


and

89


mainly obtained from corncob.95  It can be selectively hydro-    557


Immobile H


Attached on the Surface of Ni/Solid Acid


genated to furan-2-ylmethanol, (tetrahydrofuran-2-yl) meth- 558 anol, 2-methylfuran, and cyclopentanone,96,97 and among them 559 furan-2-ylmethanol has multiple applications in producing 560 resins, biofuels, fuel additives, lysine, vitamin C, levulinic acid, 561 alkyl levulinates, and γ-valerolactone.98100 Thereby, selective 562 catalytic hydrogenation of furfural to furan-2-ylmethanol 563 received great attention.95122 In light of practical applications, 564 completely converting furfural to furan-2-ylmethanol is of great 565 importance to avoid the troublesome separation of target 566 product furan-2-ylmethanol from the reaction mixture, includ- 567


518  and immobile H−  attached  on the  surface  of  Ni/solid  acid.

519 Taking anthracen-9-ol as an example, H+ transfer to the oxygen

520  atom  in  anthracen-9-ol  cannot  cleave  the  >CarOH bond

521  because of the extreme labile leaving group, i.e., anthr-9-ylium

s13               522 (Scheme 13). However, the added H+  on the oxygen atom

523 avoids the Ni/solid acid poisoning by the oxygen atom and

524  ensures the saturated hydrogenation of the anthracene ring  in

525 the protonated anthracen-9-ol to a protonated perhydroan-

526  thracen-9-ol via subsequent H···H transfer to the  anthracene


ing the reactant furfural and its by products. Furfural 568 hydrogenation of furan-2-ylmethanol can significantly proceed 569 at near room temperature over rare earth element- or novel 570 metal-containing catalysts (entries 2, 6, 10, 14, and 17 in Table 571 t1 1), but the complete conversion of furfural to furan-2- 572 t1 ylmethanol was achieved only over Pt(3) Co(3)/C (Entry 6 573 in Table 1) in these cases and the high catalyst cost prevents the 574 catalysts from practical applications. The main solvents used 575 under optimal conditions include alkanols (entries 1, 4, 5, 79, 576


 

Scheme 13. Synergic H+ and H···H Transfer during the CHC of Anthracen-9-ol to Perhydroanthracene over a Ni/Solid Acid89

 


 

Scheme 14. Possible Pathway for the CHC of Butyl Levulinate to γ-Valerolactone

 

 

Table 1. Comparison of the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furan-2-ylmethanol under Different Conditionsa

 

catalyst                         solvent             IHP (MPa)          temperature (°C)          time (h)           FC (%)            FMS (%)            AH

Co/SBA-15

ethanol

2

150

1.5

96

>95

NC

Ru/UiO-66

water

0.5

20

4

94.9

100

NC

Pd5%-Cu5%/MgO

water

0.8

130

0.9

100

99

NC

γ-Fe2O3@HAP

IP

0

180

10

96.2

91.7

NC

Cu/ACSO3H

IP

0.4

105

2

>99.9

>99.9

H+

Pt(3) Co(3)/C

water

0.1

35

10

100

100

H+

Cu/MgAlO

ethanol

4

150

3

>99

>99

NC

Ni/NAC-11073

IP

4

80

3

100

ca. 100            NC

CuCo0.4/C-873

ethanol

3

140

1

98.7

97.7                NC

Co/ZrLa0.2Ox

water

2

40

10

98

95                   H+

Zr(OH)4

IP

0

170

2.5

100

98.9                H+

Ni3Fe1/SiO2

methanol

3.4

140

2

100

96.5                NC

Ni@N/C-g-800

THFAS

2

140

6

99

98                   NC

Ir/H@MoOx-400

water

2

30

6

>99

>99                    H+

Co@CPNs1.51.54

IP

3

180

2.5

99

99                   NC

Cu/MgO-Al2O3

IP

0

210

1

100

89.3                H+

Pt(3) Ni(3)/C

water

2

35

12

99

93                   NC

Cu/C

IP

2

175

2

99.8

100                   H+

HT_MgFe-3

IP

0

170

6

ca. 97

ca. 90              H

CuCo/C

IP

3

200

2.5

100

97.2                H+

CoNC-700

FA

0

150

6

100

99.9                H+

Ni0.09Zn/NC600

IP

2

170

2

99.7

100                   H+

Co17Zn/NC600

ethanol

2

125

2.5

100

100                   H+

 

 
1100

2101

3102

4103

5104

6105

7106

8107

9108

10109

11110

12111

13112

14113

15114

16115

17116

18117

19118

20119

21120

22121

23122

aFC, FMS, AH, NC, IP, THFAS, and FA denote furfural conversion, furan-2-ylmethanol selectivity, active hydrogen, not clarified, 2-propanol, tetrahydrofuran aqueous solution, and formic acid, respectively.

 


577 11, 12, 15, 16, 1820, 22, and 23 in Table 1), formic acid (entry

578  21 in Table 1), tetrahydrofuran aqueous solution (entry 13   in

579 Table 1), and water (entries 2, 3, 6, 10, 14, and 17 in Table 1).


5.    THE ROLES OF H AND H···H IN THE CHC OF HEAVY CARBON RESOURCES


 

600


Superbases  were  extensively  used  for  catalyzing  organic   601


580  The heterolytic cleavage of H2 and the transfer of the resulting

581  Hto the oxygen atom in the CHO group of furfural   were


synthesis123126


and CO2 capture,


127,128


but only a few attempts 602


582  clarified to be key steps for furfural hydrogenation to furan-2-

583  ylmethanol (entries 5, 6, 10, 14, and 1823 in Table 1 under

584  pressurized H2. Without H2, the transfer of Hfrom a solvent

585 also induced furfural hydrogenation to furan-2-ylmethanol over

586  an acidic catalyst (entries 4, 11, 16, 19, and 21 in Table  1).

587         Taking 2-propanol as an example, similar to H+ transfer from

588  2-propanol  to  vanillin  displayed  in  Scheme  5,  the   strong

589 adsorption of the oxygen atom in the hydroxy group of 2-

590  propanol  on  the  surface  of  an  acidic  catalyst  leads  to the

591 heterolytic cleavage of OH bond to release H+ and retain the

592  isoproxy anion on the catalyst surface. The H−  transfer to the


have been tried on the application of superbases in the CHC of 603 LRMCs129134 and heavy carbon resources.130135 Since the 604 CO bridged bonds (COBBs), such as ARCH2OCH2AR, 605 AROCH2AR, and ARO-AR, are the predominant COBBs in   606

lignites,136138  insight into the catalytic hydroconversions of 607

LRMCs, such as oxybis(methylene) dibenzene, benzyloxyben- 608 zene, and oxidibenzene with COBBs, has become a powerful 609 tool to understand the mechanisms for selectively cleaving 610 COBBs and hydrogenating AR in lignites at molecular level.10,12 611 Among the COBBs, BRO-BR bond (360 kJ mol1) in 612 oxidibenzene is the strongest,139,140 so the research gaining 613 insight into the cleavage of COBB in oxidibenzene has attracted 614


593  oxygen  atom  in  the  hydroxy  group  of  furfural    produces


extensive attention.


615


594  furyl(hydroxy) methylium, followed by H−  abstraction    from

595 the tertiary carbon in the isoproxy anion by furyl(hydroxy)

596  methylium  to  generate  furan-2-ylmethanol.   Co17Zn/NC600

597  proved to be an effective non-novel catalyst  for    completely

598 hydrogenating furfural to furan-2-ylmethanol (entry 23 in Table

599 1).


Our earlier investigation used oxidibenzene, benzyloxyben- 616 zene, and oxybis(methylene) dibenzene as lignin-related model 617 compounds (LRMCs) and compared the activities and 618 selectivities of Ni/γ-Al2O3, Mg2Si/γ-Al2O3, and NiMg2Si/γ-  619

Al2O3 for the CHC of the LRMCs.129 As a result, NiMg2Si/γ- 620

Al2O3  proved  to  be  the  most  effective  for  converting   621


 

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622 oxidibenzene to cyclohexane, benzyloxybenzene to cyclohexane 623 and methylcyclohexane, and oxybis(methylene) dibenzene to 624 methylcyclohexane at 240 °C by the synergic transfer of H and 625 H···H to the LRMCs. The CHC of oxidibenzene over Mg2Si/γ- 626 Al2Oonly  produced  benzene  and  phenol,  and  phenol 627 conversion to benzene also proceeded without H···H trans- 628 fer,129,130  while oxidibenzene was not converted at all over


As the main compounds in the MS-soluble portion (MSSP) 649 from Piliqing subbituminous coal, nonsubstituted arenes were 650 effectively converted to nonsubstituted cyclanes133 and a series 651 of normal alkanes were also released56  during the CHC at 240  652

°C over NiMg2Si/γ-Al2O3, while substituted phenols and 653 benzenediols are the main products from the CHC of 654 Xiaolongtan lignite at 300 °C over Fe O @SiO @mSiO .134  655


3    4                2                     2


629  trifluoromethanesulfonic acid/attapulgite powder due to   the


The  much  weaker  alkalinity  of  Fe3O4@SiO2@mSiO2   than 656


630  resulting extremely labile phenylium from Htransfer to   the


Mg Si/γ-Al O


and the lack of metallic nickel in Fe O @SiO @ 657


2                  2    3


3    4                2


s15               631  oxygen atom  in  oxidibenzene  (Scheme  15).130  Although the


mSiO2


lead to the difficulty in deoxygenation and subsequent  658


BR hydrogenation of the resulting substituted phenols and 659


Scheme 15. Difference between H Transfer and H+ Transfer


benzenediols.


660


in Cleaving the >CarO Bond in Oxydibenzene


Wang et al.142 investigated the catalytic hydrogenolysis of a 661 poplar wood sawdust-derived lignin over a NiAl alloy. Their 662 results showed that 18.9% and 55.5% of the lignin were 663 converted to monomers and oligomers, respectively, in 0.2 mol 664 L1 of NaOH aqueous solution under 2 MPa of IHP at 220 °C 665 for 3 h. They tried to reveal the mechanism for the catalytic 666 hydrogenolysis   by   examining  the   depolymerization   of  2- 667

phenoxy-1-phenylethanol over the NiAl alloy in NaOH aqueous 668 solution under pressurized H2 at 110 °C for 1 h. As a result, 669 phenol and 1-phenylethan-1-ol were detected as the main 670 products. In the reaction systems of both catalytic hydro- 671 genolysis of the lignin and 2-phenoxy-1-phenylethanol depoly- 672 merization, in addition to H···H resulting from H2 activation by 673

the NiAl alloy, the main active hydrogen should be H−  rather  674

than H+, due to the use of NaOH aqueous solution as the 675 solvent. As Scheme 16 illustrates, the reaction of HO in the 676 s16 NaOH aqueous solution with H···H produces H and H2O, and 677 the resulting H tends to attack the *C, which is positively 678 charged, to cleave the *CO- bond and produce 1-phenylethan- 679

1-ol and phenoxy anion, followed by the reaction of the phenoxy 680

+


632  >CarObond is much stronger than the CH2Obond in


anion  with  Na


to  produce  sodium  phenolate  and  the   681


633 benzyloxybenzene, Htransfer only induces the cleavage  of 634 >CarObond in benzyloxybenzene because the Car in >Car635 Ois most positively charged141 and much more tends to be 636  attacked by H131  under mild conditions.


acidification of sodium phenolate with HCl aqueous solution   682

to produce phenol and NaCl. The main problem of such a 683 process for future practical application is the consumption of 684 NaOH and HCl aqueous solution along with the production of 685


637         The  NCHC  and  CHC  of  MS-insoluble  portion (MSISP)


NaCl-containing wastewater.


686


638 from Naomaohu lignite were compared at 240 °C under 4 MPa 639 of IHP.56 The yield of soluble portion from the CHC over Ni640 Mg2Si/γ-Al2O3 is much higher than that from the NCHC and 641 the main products in the soluble portion from the CHC are 642 chain alkanes and cyclanes, while the NCHC mainly produced 643 arenes and oxygen-containing organic compounds. In contrast, 644 the CHC of MSISP from Naomohu lignite mainly produced 645 oxygen-containing organic compounds over a Ni-free magnetic 646 solid superbase,132 further illustrating that the synergic transfer 647 of Hand  H···H  is  crucial  for  deoxygenation  under mild 648 conditions.


Aqueous coprecipitation followed reduction with His an    687

important approach for preparing highly active supported 688 metallic catalysts, in which ultrafine metal particles are highly 689 dispersed onto the support surface.143146  Using this method,   690

NiCa/Al2O3 was prepared and used as a catalyst for the CHC of 691

MSISPs from Runbei lignite and Shaerhu subtuminous coal at 692

180 °C.147 The yields of MSSPs from Runbei lignite and 693 Shaerhu subtuminous coal are 16.5% and 11.8%, respectively, 694 while those from the CHC under 1 MPa of IHP are 31.1% and 695 27.4%, respectively, i.e., the total yields of soluble portions by the 696

extraction and CHC are 47.6% and 39.2% based on the organic 697


 

Scheme 16. Possible Pathways for the Formation of H···H and Hand Subsequent H Transfer to *C in 2-Phenoxy-1- phenylethanol to Induce 2-Phenoxy-1-phenylethanol  Depolymerization

 

 

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Figure 3. A concept macromolecular network of typical heavy carbon resources.150

 


698 matters in Runbei  lignite  and  Shaerhu  subtuminous  coal, 699  respectively.  Interestingly,  only  alkanes  and  arenes  were 700 detected in the MSSPs from the CHC and their compositions 701 (in total 16 normal alkanes listed in Table S1, 5 branched alkanes


resources,  (2)  lack  of  deep  insight  into  the  features  of 736

macromolecular structures of the heavy carbon resources, and 737

(3) less attention paid to the mechanisms for the formation of 738

different active hydrogen species and their different roles in 739


702  listed  in  Table  S2,  and  47  arenes  listed  in  Table  S3)  are


directionally converting heavy carbon resources.


740


703 significantly simpler than those of coal tar and coal liquefaction

704 oil, not only enabling insight into the macromolecular structures 705 of the MSISPs but also facilitating the separation of the products. 706 ARs, including BR, NR, phenanthrene ring, anthracene ring, 707 pyrene ring, BR-BR, and BR-NR, in the precursors of the alkanes 708  and  arenes  could  be  connected  with  bridged  linkages   of


Although the macromolecular compositions of different heavy 741 carbon resources could be quite different, they have some similar 742 unit structures, i.e., ARs connected by bridged linkages and with 743 side chains on most of the ARs. Heteroatoms are contained in 744 some ARs, bridged linkages, and side chains, and numerous 745 soluble  organic  species  are  embedded  into  the  complex     746


709  (CH2)mO(CH2)nand/or side chains of  CH3(CH2)m


macromolecular networks, as illustrated in Figure 3.149


747 f3


710  O(CH2)n. In NiCa/Al2O3, Ni activates Hto H···H and Ca

711 splits H···H to mobile Hand immobile H+. Htransfer to the

712 oxygen atom in AR(CH2)mO(CH2)nAR and CH3(CH2)m 713 O(CH2)nAR and subsequent H+ abstraction from the surface 714 of H+-attached  NiCa/Al2Orelease  AR(CH2)m1CH3,  AR- 715 (CH2)n1CH3, and CH3(CH2)mCH3.  However,  at  180  °C 716 under 4 MPa of IHP, only alkanes and alkyl-substituted cyclanes 717 were detected in the products from the NiCa/Al2O3-catalyzed 718 hydroconversion of the MSISPs, indicating that H···H transfer 719 to  the  ARs  in  the  resulting  alkyl-substituted  moieties 720  predominantly proceeded.

721 Further  investigation  for  preparing  extremely  active  and 722 recyclable solid acids will facilitate cleaving most of the alkyl 723 groups on the ARs by effective H+ transfer to the ipso-positions 724  of  the  ARs  to  obtain  nonsubstituted  arenes,    especially


MS proved to be a powerful solvent for effectively extracting 748 the soluble organic species from the macromolecular networks 749 under ultrasonic irradiation.89,150,151 As a result, the organic 750 matter in heavy carbon resources can be isolated into soluble 751 portion and insoluble portion. A number of organic compounds 752

were significantly enriched and even separated as pure 753 compounds by subsequent fine separations, including fractional 754 extraction, gradient column chromatography, and sequential    755

crystallization from the soluble portion.152159 Alternatively, the 756

soluble portion can be converted to alkanes as well as 757 nonsubstituted and alkyl-substituted cyclanes under pressurized 758 H2 over Ni-loading catalysts.57,58,88,135,160 The insoluble portion 759 can be ultrasonically isolated to a light insoluble portion and a 760 heavy insoluble portion in carbon tetrachloride according to the 761

86


725 nonsubstituted CAs, with significantly simpler    compositions


density difference.


The  catalytically  hydroconverted  light  762


726 for subsequent separation to obtain value-added pure arenes.

 

6.    CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES

727 Developing smart technologies for the CHC of heavy carbon 728 resources to  value-added  products,  especially  condensed 729 aromatics and  cyclanes,5,81,148  under  mild  conditions  is  of 730 great importance for efficiently utilizing heavy carbon resources 731 to create great social wealth with near-zero emission of emission

732 of  exhaust  gas,  wastewater,  and  waste  residue.  The  key 733  challenges  facing  the  development  include:  (1)  the  high 734 contents of ARs and heteroatoms in addition to the insoluble 735 and complex macromolecular compositions of the heavy carbon


insoluble portion can be relatively easily separated from the 763

catalyst by the density difference, and adding a magnetic core 764 into the catalyst further facilitates recovering the cata- 765 lyst.83,119,131135,161    In   addition,   ultrasonically   extracting   a 766

solid sample, e.g., a coal sample, significantly reduced the size 767 of the sample particles,150 facilitating the CHC. Using an 768 insoluble portion as the reactant makes an insight into the 769 mechanisms for the CHC easier by avoiding the disturbance of 770

the inherently existing soluble species in the raw sample. 771 Furthermore, removing soluble species from the raw sample also 772 makes the separation of a reaction mixture from the CHC easier. 773 Distinguishing the type of active hydrogen species is very 774 important for understanding the hydrogen transfer mechanism 775


 

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文本框: Table 2. Roles of Catalysts in the Formation of Active Hydrogen Species and the Roles of the Resulting Active Hydrogen Species in the Hydroconversion of Organic Matter in
Typical Heavy Carbon Resources
文本框: ref.
9, 51−54, 68, 71, 72, 74, 75
61−67
78
文本框: 71, 72, 74−78文本框: cleaving some bridged linkages between ARs and side chains on ARs, and removing some heteroatoms
ditto
cleaving some bridged linkages between ARs and side chains on ARs, and leading to the satured hydrogenation of ARs and heteroatom removal
ditto
文本框: 8, 81−86, 102, 108, 109, 112, 114,
116−119, 121, 129, 134
129−131, 134, 135
17, 57, 58, 87−91, 120, 140, 144
文本框: 56, 128, 132, 133, 146776 to provide scientific basis  for  constructing  a  highly active 777  catalyst.  Benzylic  hydrogen,  i.e.,  α-H,  is  easily  identified 778 according the sample structure. As mentioned above, catalytic 779 hydrogenation of 9,10-diphenylanthracene under  mild con- 780 ditions provides a proper evidence for H···H or H transfer, since 781 Htransfer predominantly proceeds to 9- and 10-positions in 782 9,10-diphenylanthracene, while H···H transfer preferentially 783 occurs to other positions.71,72,77 According to the products from 784 the catalytic hydrocracking of benzyloxybenzene under mild 785 conditions, especially below 200 °C at which benzyloxybenzene 786 is inert toward thermolysis or by H transfer, H+ transfer, and H787 transfer can be clearly  distinguished.  In  detail,  H+ transfer 788 predominantly proceeds to the oxygen atom in benzyloxyben- 789  zene  to  break  the  OCH2−  bond  and  yield  phenol and

790  toluene as the initial products162  because the oxygen atom    is

文本框: role of AH
cleaving bridged linkages in diarylmethanes and partially hydrogenating ARs ditto
ditto
791  most  negatively  charged141  and  the  resulting  tolylium   is 792 relatively stable, while H transfer selectively occurs to the 793 ipso-carbon in the oxygen atom-connected BR of benzylox- 794 ybenzene to cleave the >CarObond and generate benzene 795 and phenylmethanol as the initial products,130 due to the most 796 positive charged ipso-carbon.141

t2               797    As summarized in Table 2, both metal sulfides and carbon 798 materials can catalyze the formation of H, but their catalyzes are 799 different. Over a metal sulfide, e.g., FeS2, H2 is converted to H 800 via a chain reaction shown in Scheme 5, while H results from

801 the homolytic splitting of H2 over a carbon material. H2 can be 802 activated to H···H over an ultrafine metal at temperatures lower 803 than 200 °C, but the resulting H···H can be easily split to H at 804 temperatures higher than 300 °C. H transfer to an ipso-position 805 in a diarylmethane induces the cleavage of AR-CH2AR bond due

806  to  the  formation  of  the  relatively  stable.CH2AR,  while H

807  transfer  to  condensed  AR  only  leads  to  the     partial

文本框: AHa H• ditto ditto文本框: H···H文本框: hydrogenating ARs文本框: H−
H···H and H+
H···H and H−
808 hydrogenation of the condensed AR, e.g., the  partial hydro- 809 genation of anthracene to 9,10-dihydroanthracene rather than 810 the saturated hydrogenation of anthracene to perhydroanthra- 811 cenes due to the low H-accepting ability of the residual BRs in 812 9,10-dihydroanthracene and the stronger tendence for H to 813 abstract α-H from 9,10-dihydroanthracene.78 Solid acids and 814 solid bases tend to heterolytically split H2 to release H+ and H, 815  respectively,  and  both  H+   and  H−   transfer  can  induce the

文本框: H+文本框: activating H2 to H···H and heterolytically splitting H2 and H···H to release H+文本框: activating H2 to H···H and heterolytically splitting H2816 cleavage of bridged linkages between ARs and side chain on the 817 ARs, and the removal of some heteroatoms, but the positions 818  accepting Hare quite different from those accepting H+     to

文本框: catalysis
a chain reaction shown in Scheme 5 homolytically splitting H2 homolytically splitting H···H
文本框: activating H2
heterolytically splitting H2  to release H+ heterolytically splitting H2  to release H−
s17               819  produce different products (Scheme 17). Both Ni/solid  acids 820 and Ni/solid bases have bifunctional catalyzes, i.e., Ni/solid 821 acids activates H2 to H···H and heterolytically splits H2 and H··· 822 H to release H+, while Ni/solid bases activates H2 to H···H and 823  heterolytically splits Hand H···H to release H. The synergic

824  transfer of either H···H and Hor H···H and H−  leads to the

文本框: and H···H to release H−825 effective cleavage of some bridged linkages between ARs and 826 some side chains on ARs, the saturated hydrogenation, and 827 heteroatom removal.

文本框: catalyst
metal sulfurs carbon materials ultrafine metals
(>300 °C)
ultrafine metals (<200 °C)
solid acids
文本框: solid bases Ni/solid acids文本框: Ni/solid bases文本框: aAH denotes active hydrogen.828 Elaborately constructing highly active solid acids, solid bases, 829 Ni/solid acids, and Ni/solid bases is of great importance. Over 830 the catalysts, many bridged linkages and even some side chains 831 can be cleaved, and many heteroatoms outside and on ARs can 832 be removed by the CHC of light insoluble portions from heavy 833 carbon resources under mild conditions to get soluble portions 834 with relatively simple  composition,  facilitating  subsequent 835 separation to obtain  pure  chemicals,  especially value-added 836  chemicals,  such  as  condensed  aromatics.  The  remaining 837 economically inseparable species can be converted to  value- 838 added cyclanes by subsequent catalytic hydrofining.

 

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Scheme 17. Difference between H+ Transfer and H Transfer

 

 


7.    CONCLUSIONS

839 Directionally converting heavy carbon resources to more soluble 840 portion with simpler composition under mild conditions is a 841  crucial  step  for  efficiently  using  heavy  carbon   resources.


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842  Compared to H•  transfer, the synergies between Hand  H···

843 H transfer and between Hand H···H transfer are significantly


Zhi-Min Zong Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center 877

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844 more effective for the process. Enhancing the synergies depends


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845 on the construction of extremely active and recyclable catalysts,

846 over which  H2   can be  effectively  split  and/or  activated  to


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847 produce high concentrations of H+ and H···H or H and H···H

848 to directly crop the macromolecules in heavy carbon resources.


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855              AUTHOR  INFORMATION

856  Corresponding Author

857          Xian-Yong Wei Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical


Xing Fan Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical

Engineering on Heavy-Carbon Resources, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000 Xinjiang, China;         orcid.org/ 0000-0001-5530-5563

Lin-Bing Sun State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented


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893

894

895

896


858               Engineering on Heavy-Carbon Resources, Yili Normal


Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation 897


859               University, Yining 835000 Xinjiang, China; Laboratory of 860                   Coal Clean Conversion & Chemical Engineering Process, 861                     College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang


Center for Advanced Materials, College of Chemical

Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China;        orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-312X


898

899

900


862               University, Urumqi 830046 Xinjiang Uyghur  Autonomous


Jing-Pei Cao Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of 901


863               Region, China; Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center

864               of Fine Utilization of Carbon Resources and Key Laboratory of


Fine Utilization of Carbon Resources and Key Laboratory of

Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, Ministry of


902

903


865               Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, Ministry of

866               Education, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou


Education, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 904

221116 Jiangsu, China;      orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-7441 905


867               221116 Jiangsu, China;      orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-

868               4624; Email: wei_xianyong@163.com


Yun-Peng Zhao Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion &

Chemical Engineering Process, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046


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907

908


869 Authors


Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China; Jiangsu Province 909


870          Xiang Bai Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical


Engineering Research Center of Fine Utilization of Carbon


910


871               Engineering on Heavy-Carbon Resources, Yili Normal

872               University, Yining 835000 Xinjiang, China


Resources and Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient 911

Utilization, Ministry of Education, China University of Mining 912


 

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& Technology, Xuzhou 221116 Jiangsu, China;

orcid.org/             Xiang  Bai  received  his  Bachelor’s  degree of  science from  Jingchu 974

914

0000-0001-8120-0060

University of Technology in 2013 and a Master’s degree of engineering 975

915          Shi-Chao Qi State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented                 from Xinjiang University in 2016. He currently works at Yili Normal  976

916

Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation

University and is studying for a Doctoral degree of science at Xinjiang

977

917

Center for Advanced Materials, College of Chemical

University with the major research interest of chemistry and chemical

978

918

Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816,

engineering of heavy carbon resources.

979


919               China;   orcid.org/0000-0002-9609-7710

920 Jing Liang Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of 921                Fine Utilization of Carbon Resources and Key Laboratory of 922                     Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, Ministry of

923               Education, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou

924               221116 Jiangsu, China

925  Xiao-Ming Yue Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center

926               of Fine Utilization of Carbon Resources and Key Laboratory of


Feng-Yun Ma received her Bachelor’s degree of Engineering from East 980 China University of Science and Technology in 1982 and Master’s 981 degree of engineering from Dalian University of Technology in 2002. 982 She worked at Former Xinjiang Institute of Technology (now Xinjiang 983 University) as a Teaching Assistant during 1982-1987, Lecturer during 984 19881994, Associate Professor during 19941999, and Professor 985 during  19992020  with  the  major  research  interest  of  coal  clean 986


927               Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, Ministry of


conversion and chemical engineering process.


987


928               Education, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou

929               221116 Jiangsu, China

930          Fang-Jing Liu Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion &

931               Chemical Engineering Process, College of Chemistry and

932               Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046 933             Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China; Jiangsu Province 934                     Engineering Research Center of Fine Utilization of Carbon


Zhi-Min Zong received her Bachelor’s degree of science from Xuzhou 988 Normal College in 1982, a Master’s degree of engineering from The 989 University of Tokyo in 1992, and Doctoral degree of engineering from 990 China University of Mining & Technology in 1997. She worked at 991 China University of Mining & Technology as a Lecturer during 1993 992 1998, Associate Professor during 19982002, and Professor during    993

20022020  with the  major  research interest  of  directional hydro-   994


935               Resources and Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient

936               Utilization, Ministry of Education, China University of Mining


conversion of heavy carbon resources.


995


937               & Technology, Xuzhou 221116 Jiangsu, China;      orcid.org/

938               0000-0003-3101-2090

939          Wen-Long Mo Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion & 940                    Chemical Engineering Process, College of Chemistry and   941                Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046 942                   Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China;       orcid.org/


Wei Zhao received her Bachelor’s degree of science from Nanjing 996

University in 1988 and Master’s and Doctoral degrees of engineering 997 from China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT) in 2003 and 998 2009, respectively. She worked at CUMT as a Lecturer during 2000 999 2003, Associate Professor during 20032011, and Professor from 2011 1000 with the major research interest of catalytic conversion of heavy carbon 1001


943               0000-0003-3837-0915


resources.


1002


944          Jing-Mei Liu Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion &

945               Chemical Engineering Process, College of Chemistry and   946                    Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046 947                     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China

948          Yu-Hong Kang School of Chemistry and Chemical

949               Engineering, Yulin University, Yulin 719000 Shanxi, China

950          Guang-Hui Liu School of Chemistry and Chemical

951               Engineering, Yulin University, Yulin 719000 Shanxi, China;


Zhong-Hai Ni received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees of 1003 engineering from China University of Mining and Technology 1004 (CUMT) in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and a Doctoral degree of 1005 science from Tsinghua University in 2006. He worked at Shandong 1006 University as a Lecturer during 2006-2008 and an Associate Professor 1007 in 2009 and at CUMT as a Professor from 2010 with the major research 1008 interest of chemistry and chemical engineering of coal tar-enriched 1009


952                    orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-3875


condensed arenes.


1010


953          Zhong-Qiu Liu Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis of

954               Shandong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical 955  Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165 956          Shandong, China

957          Li Li Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Fine

958               Utilization of Carbon Resources and Key Laboratory of Coal


Xing Fan received his Bachelor’s degree of science and Master’s degree 1011 of engineering from University of Science and Technology of China in 1012 2000 and 2004, respectively, and Doctoral degree of philosophy from 1013 Louisiana State University in 2010. He worked at Shandong University 1014 of Science and Technology as a Professor since 2019 with the major 1015 research interest of chemistry of heavy carbon resources. He is an 1016


959               Processing and Efficient Utilization, Ministry of Education,

960               China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116


Emeritus Professor of Yili Normal University.


1017


961               Jiangsu, China

962  Complete contact information is available at:

963      https://pubs.acs.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c01713

 

964  Notes

965 The authors declare no competing financial interest.


Lin-Bing  Sun  received   his  Bachelor’s  and  Master’s  degrees  of    1018

engineering from China University of Mining & Technology in 2002 1019 and 2005, respectively. He received his Ph.D. from Nanjing University 1020 in 2008. Then, he joined Nanjing Tech University and is a Professor of 1021 the university with current research interests focusing on fabrication of 1022 porous functional materials and their applications in adsorption and 1023 catalysis. He was a postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M 1024


966 Biographies


University in 20112012.


1025


967 Xian-Yong Wei received his Bachelor’s degree of science from Nanjing 968  University  in  1982  and  his  Master’s  and  Doctoral  degrees  of 969 engineering from  The  University  of  Tokyo  in  1989  and  1992, 970 respectively. He worked at China University of Mining & Technology 971 as a professor from 1993 to 2023 with the major research interest of 972  chemistry and chemical engineering of heavy carbon resources.    He


Jing-Pei Cao received his Bachelor’s degree of science and Master’s 1026 degree of engineering from China University of Mining and 1027 Technology (CUMT) in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and a Doctoral 1028 degree of engineering from Gunma University in 2011. He worked at 1029 CUMT as an Associate Professor during 20122015 and a Professor 1030 since 2016. His research interest is value-added utilization of coals and 1031


973 currently works at Yili Normal University as an emeritus professor.


biomass.


1032


 

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1033  Yun-Peng Zhao received his Bachelor’s degree of engineering   from


from 2023 with the major research interest of efficient utilization of   1093


1034 Zhengzhou University in 2005 and Doctoral degree of engineering from


heavy carbon resources.


1094


1035 Dalian University of Technology  in  2010.  He  worked  at  China 1036 University of Mining & Technology as a Lecturer during 20112014 1037 and Associate Professor during 20142021, and has been working at 1038 the university as a Professor from 2021. His major research interests are 1039 thermal conversion of coals and biomass.

1040 Shi-Chao Qi received his Bachelor’s degree of science from China


Zhong-Qiu Liu received his Bachelor’s degree of science from Jining 1095 University in 2011, Master’s degree of engineering from Jiangsu Normal 1096 University in 2014, and Doctoral degree of engineering from China 1097 University of Mining & Technology in 2018. He worked at Qufu 1098 Normal University as a Lecturer during 20182022 and an Associate 1099 Professor since 2022 with the major research interest of directional    1100


1041 University of Petroleum in 2011, Master’s degree of engineering from


hydroconversion of heavy carbon resources.


1101


1042 China University of Mining & Technology in 2014, and Doctoral 1043 degree of engineering from Kyushu University in 2017. Then he joined 1044 Nanjing Tech University as a lecturer has been working at the university


Li Li received her bachelor of Science in 2010, Master’s degree of 1102

engineering in 2013, and Doctoral degree of engineering in 2023 from 1103

China University of Mining & Technology. Her major research focuses 1104


1045 as an Associate Professor from 2020. His current research area is

1046 advanced porous materials, heterogeneous catalysis, quantum chemical

1047  calculation, and molecular simulation.

1048 Jing Liang received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees of science from


on directional hydroconversion of heavy carbon resources.

         ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


1105

 

 

1106


1049 Soochow University in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and Doctoral 1050 degree of engineering from China University of Mining & Technology 1051 (CUMT) in 2015. She worked at Xuzhou Medical University as a 1052 lecturer during 20002004, at CUMT as a Lecturer during 20042008 1053 and an Associate Professor from 2009. Her current research area is 1054 green organic synthesis and catalytic  conversion  of  heavy carbon 1055 resources.


Our related work was subsidized by the National Basic Research 1107

Program of China (Grants 2004CB217801, 2004CB217601, 1108 2007CB210205, and 2011CB201302), the National Natural 1109 Science  Foundation  of  China  (Grants 29676045,  20076051, 1110

90410018,   20676142,   20776149,   20936007,   50921002, 1111

51221462,   51074153,   51134021,   21206187,   21206188, 1112

U1503293,  21676292,  21776298,  and  U1710102),  and  the  1113

National Natural Science Foundation of Yili Normal University 1114


1056  Xiao-Ming  Yue  received  her  Bachelor’s  and  Doctoral  degrees of

1057 engineering from China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT) 1058 in 2007 and 2012, respectively. She worked at CUMT as a Lecturer 1059 during 20122016 and an Associate Professor from 2017 with current


(Grant 22XKZY07).

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1115

 

 

1116


1060  interests  focusing  on  advanced  porous  materials  and    catalytic

1061 conversion of coals.

1062 Fang-Jing Liu received his Bachelor’s degree of science and Master’s 1063 and Doctoral degrees of engineering from China University of Mining 1064 & Technology (CUMT) in 2009, 2012, and 2016, respectively. Then 1065 he worked at University of Wyoming as a postdoc associate scientist. He

1066 joined CUMT as a Lecturer and worked at CUMT as an Associate


ARs,  aromatic  rings;   BR,   benzene  ring;   CHC,   catalytic 1117

hydroconversion; COBBs, CO bridged bonds; DPMG, 1118 diphenylmethyl group; IHP, initial hydrogen pressure; MS, 1119 isometric carbon disulfide/acetone mixed solvent; MSISP, MS- 1120 insoluble portion; MSSP, MS-soluble portion; LRMCs, lignin- 1121 related model compounds; MMG, macromolecular group; 1122 MMGSAR, MMG-substituted anthracene ring; NCHC, non-   1123


1067 Professor from 2020. His current research area is coal structure and coal

1068 directional conversion to valued-added chemicals.

1069  Wen-Long  Mo  received  his  bachelor  and  doctoral  degrees      of


catalytic hydroconversion; NR, naphthalene ring

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