New Insights Toward Quantitative Relationships between Lignin Reactivity to Monomers and Their Structural Characteristics
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National Science Foundation, Grant number 1454575
Published In
Chemsuschem
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
7-18-2018
Abstract
The heterogeneous and complex structural characteristics of lignin present a significant challenge to predict its processability (e.g., depolymerization, modifications etc.) tovaluable products. This study provides a detailed characterization and comparison of structural properties of seven representative biorefinery lignin samples derived from forest and agricultural residues, which were subjected to representative pretreatment methods. A range of wet chemistry and spectroscopy methods were applied to determine specific lignin structural characteristics such as functional groups, inter-unit linkages, and peak molecular weight. In parallel, oxidative depolymerization of these lignin samples toeither monomeric phenolic compounds or dicarboxylic acids were conducted, and the product yields were quantified. Based on these results (lignin structural characteristicsand monomer yields), we applied for the first time the multivariable linear estimation (MVLE) approach using R Statistics (an open-source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics) to gain insight toward a quantitative correlation between lignin structural properties and their conversion reactivitytoward oxidative depolymerization to monomers.
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DOI
10.1002/cssc.201800550
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27025
Citation Details
Ma, R., Zhang, X., Wang, Y., & Zhang, X. (2018). New Insights Toward Quantitative Relationships between Lignin Reactivity to Monomers and Their Structural Characteristics. ChemSusChem.