Direct Generation and Kinetic Studies of High-Valent Transition Metal-Oxo Derivatives Through Photochemical Approaches by Rui Zhang in Progress in Petrochemical Science Abstract: High-valent transition metal-oxo complexes exhibit a wide range of reactivities and play essential roles as active Oxygen Atom Transfer (OAT) species in many chemical and biological oxidation processes. However, the detection and characterization of these intermediates are still challenging in view of their high reactivity and short lifetimes and their transient nature makes their study complex. This review highlights recent advancements in how photochemical reactions with visible light have emerged as promising approaches to generate and study high-valent transition metal-oxo species with different metals on various macrocyclic ligands. Investigating the reactivity of photo-induced high-valent metal-oxo species through practical kinetic studies has offered valuable insights into the structure-function relatio...
Production of High Purity Lignin from OPEFB: An Overview by Jofry Othman in Progress in Petrochemical Science Abstract: This study examines the practicable method of lignin delignification and fractionation from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB) to produce high purity products. A review on the current literature progress in this field indicated two development phases that involves several early studies on lignin delignification and lignin product purification and the later phase provides initial attempts to improve lignin recovery efficiency and overcome technical barriers for obtaining high purity lignin. It is found that there are significant gaps in understanding to achieve efficient removal of lignin, good recovery of lignin from high purity products and the removal of silica residuals on OPEFB surfaces. Accordingly, the high technical barriers to achieve high-purity lignin products are identified, including the need for an improved method to delignify and fractionate lignin for...