Assuming no oxygen is around could we melt wood?
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Wood is a very complex material made of various organic compounds that melt or break apart at different temperatures.
If you were to heat wood in an environment with no oxygen various chemical reactions will occur.
First the water and lightweight volatile materials will boil out. Then, the hydrocarbon structure of the wood will start to turn into charcoal.
If there is adequate sap or resin it will leach out as pine tar.
Increasing the temperature will cause other compounds to break down and eventually evaporate until you are left with a lump of carbon which won’t start to melt until over 3300 degrees Celsius.
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