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. 2016 Jun 17;55(29):8164–8215. doi: 10.1002/anie.201510351

Scheme 10.

Scheme 10

A variety of strategies for selective cleavage of the β‐O‐4 lignin linkages (represented by a simple dimer model compound), via C−O cleavage (green), C−C cleavage (red) and benzylic oxidation (blue).