Les lignines ne sont pas suffisamment considérées dans les procédés de bioraffinerie. Pourtant, elles sont une source abondante de synthons aromatiques, et éléments essentiels de la rentabilité de transformation des lignocelluloses. A ce jour, les perspectives de production de synthons à partir des lignines se heurtent aux réactions de condensations des lignines, limitant leurs conversions en produits de faibles masses. Cette étude nous a permis de cerner les conditions propices à l’hydrolyse et/ou aux condensations grâce à l’étude de différentes lignines modèles soumises aux conditions d’acidolyse. D’une part, les conditions propices à l’hydrolyse des liaisons -O-4 sont l’utilisation d’une catalyse homogène (HCl), pour des températures comprises entre 120 et 140°C et une acidité de l’ordre de 0.05 M. A l’inverse, l’emploi d’une catalyse hétérogène (Montmorillonite K10) est peu efficace car elle doit s’affranchir des phénomènes d’adsorption du substrat tout en lui permettant d’accéder à ses sites actifs. D’autre part, les réactions de condensation secondaires sont exacerbées par l’emploi de l’argile de Montmorillonite, mais aussi par l’augmentation de l’acidité et de la température, elles mêmes nécessaires pour une bonne hydrolyse. La substitution de l’alcool coniférylique par le coniféraldéhyde permet de minimiser ces condensations secondaires du fait de sa forte stabilité dans les conditions d’acidolyse. Toutefois, l’incorporation de ce type de précurseur dans les lignines provoque une diminution de la fréquence des liaisons -O-4. Cette réduction du potentiel d’hydrolyse des lignines est compensée par l’exacerbation des réactions de rétroaldolisation. Pour les condensations primaires, l’acidolyse des lignines pures -O-4 nous permet d’affirmer que celles-ci, constantes face à l’augmentation de la concentration en acide et en nucléophiles aromatiques, seraient plutôt de type intramoléculaire. / Lignins are not sufficiently considered in the biorefinery processes. However, they are a rich source of aromatic building blocks, and essential elements of lignocellulose processing viability. Although the production prospects of building blocks from lignins exist, their strong affinities for condensation reactions limit the conversion into low molecular weight products. This study allowed us to identify hydrolysis or condensation suitable conditions by studying different models lignins subjected to acidolysis conditions. On the one hand, suitable conditions for the -O-4 bonds hydrolysis are the use of homogeneous catalysis (HCl), for temperatures and HCl concentration ranged from 120 to 140 ° C and from 0.05 M to 0.1M. In contrast, the use of heterogeneous catalysis (Montmorillonite K10) is inefficient because it has to overcome the substrate adsorption and allow an access to its active sites. On the other hand, secondary condensation reactions are exacerbated by the use of Montmorillonite clay, but also by acidity and temperature increases, themselves necessary for an efficient hydrolysis.The substitution of coniferyl alcohol by coniferaldehyde minimizes these condensation reactions due to its high stability in acid conditions. However, the incorporation of this precursor in lignin leads to a decrease of -O-4 bond frequency. This reduction of lignin hydrolysis potential is compensated for the exacerbation of retroaldolisation reactions. About primary condensations, pure -O-4 lignins acidolysis allows us to claim that this kind of reactions, unchanged at the hand of acid or aromatic nuclei concentration increase, are intramolecular.

Résumé anglais uniquement / Nowadays there is an urgent need to develop green chemical processes, where the use and generation of toxic substances can be avoided. Indeed, the lignocellulose feedstock destructuration will produce aqueous solutions of ketones or aldehydes and it would be an important breakthrough to develop solid base catalysts capable to promote the aldol condensation. In this thesis, the main results are shown as follows: Magnesium and rare earth mixed oxides (MgReOx), rare earth modified MgAl-HT catalyst were prepared and were evaluated in liquid phase acetone self-aldolization. Rare earth modified MgAl catalysts show enhanced catalystic activity than MgReOx catalysts. Rehydrated MgAl-HT modified with Y and La, also present a higher water tolerance for aldol reaction. The same catalysts were also applied to acetone gas phase self-condensation reaction. At low temperature, the mesityl oxide is the main product for all the catalysts. At high temperatures, deactivation rate is lowered over MgAlCe(Y)O catalysts, and the presence of trimers (selectivity of IP over 50%) is much more noticeable for the MgAlY(Ce)O catalysts. A good balance between basicity and acidity is proposed to increase the selectivity of IP. In the cross condensation of citral and acetone, the citral conversion and pseudoionone yield were significantly enhanced over Mg3AlaY1-aOx catalysts. A general mechanism of reaction was proposed that the Y modified MgAl mixed oxides undergoes the rehydration by the water formed during the reaction, and the rehydrated catalysts with active Brønsted basic sites are responsible for the significantly improvement of catalytic activity