Transformation technology | Resulting products |
Hydrogenolysis | Phenols and aromatic hydrocarbons |
Alkaline hydrolysis | Phenols, substituted phenols |
Mild oxidation in alkaline medium | Vanillin, |
Microbial conversions | Vanillic, ferulic, coumaric and other acids |
Alkali fusion | Phenolic acids, catechol |
Strong oxidation | Organic acids: benzoic, toluic, 
methoxybenzoic, acetic and formic acids. |
Pyrolysis | Acetic acid, phenol, substituted phenols, CO, methane |