| 摘要 |
A catalyst for degrading lignin and a catalyst for degrading an aromatic hydrocarbon, each of which contains a porphyrin. A solution containing an alkali compound is added to lignin, a catalyst for degrading lignin is allowed to act on the resulting lignin-alkali compound solution as needed, which is irradiated with light as needed, or a catalyst for degrading lignin is allowed to act on lignin as needed, which is irradiated with light, whereby alcohols and organic acids are separated. A degradation product generated when the alcohols and organic acids are separated is recovered, and also hydrogen ions are released. A porphyrin having a catalytic function of converting lignin into alcohols and organic acids, a porphyrin having a catalytic function of degrading a compound containing an aromatic hydrocarbon in which an oxygen atom is bound to carbon which forms a benzene ring, or a porphyrin obtained by culturing Escherichia coli that cannot express a gene ypjD (b2611) due to mutation. |
