[VFB] Off Subject- Chemistry

[Panfish2000]

For anyone who knows about chemistry or knows a chemist
       We had a discussion today in chemistry and I can get bonus points if someone would explain to me what will happen if wood is heated in a vacuum without oxygen.  For those of us who do our best to forget everything about chemistry, everything has a melting point but wood combines with oxygen and decomposes ( burns ) before melting point is reached.  I was wondering if it is actually possible to melt wood.