The Inside Cover picture shows that lignins isolated from hardwood, softwood, and grass materials can be effectively hydrocracked to aromatics over W
2C over activated carbon (W
2C/AC). The effects of botanical species and fractionation methods on lignin structure and the catalytic activity are studied in detail. W
2C/AC exhibits high activity in deconstruction of ether linkages between aromatic units so that high yields of liquid oils can be obtained. The results are beneficial for better understanding the yield and distribution of phenolic products in relation to the structure of lignin, and provide a highly selective strategy for the cleavage of aryl ether bonds with non-noble metal catalyst. More details can be found in the Full Paper by Guo et al. on
page 523 in Issue 3, 2017 (DOI:
10.1002/cssc.201601326).