The synthesis and analysis of advanced lignin model polymers
Abstract
If the lignin-first biorefinery concept becomes reality, high quality lignins close in structure to native lignins will become available in large quantities. One potential way to utilise this renewable material is through depolymerisation to aromatic chemicals. This will require the development of new chemical methods. Here, we report the synthesis and characterisation of advanced lignin model polymers to be used as tools to develop these methods. The controlled incorporation of the major linkages in lignin is demonstrated to give complex hardwood and softwood lignin model polymers. These polymers have been characterised by 2D HSQC NMR and GPC analysis and have been compared to isolated lignins.
Citation
Lancefield , C S & Westwood , N J 2015 , ' The synthesis and analysis of advanced lignin model polymers ' , Green Chemistry , vol. 17 , no. 11 , pp. 4980-4990 . https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC01334H
Publication
Green Chemistry
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1463-9262Type
Journal article
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Copyright 2015 the Authors. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Description
This work was funded by the EP/J018139/1, EP/K00445X/1 grants and an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship.Collections
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