Inhomogeneities in the chemical structure of sugarcane bagasse lignin.
Sequential treatments of dewaxed bagasse with distilled water, 0.5 M NaOH, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 3.0% H(2)O(2) at pH 11.5, and 2 M NaOH at 55 degrees C for 2 h solubilized 2.8, 52.5, 14.9, 3.3, 5.5, 5.0, 2.8, and 2.2% of the original lignin, respectively. The eight isolated lignin fractions were subjected to a comprehensive structural characterization by UV, FT-IR, and (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopies and thermal analysis. The nitrobenzene oxidation method was also applied to the in situ lignins. The seven lignin fractions, isolated successively with alkali and alkaline peroxide, were all SGH-type lignins, with a small amount of esterified p-coumaric acid and mainly etherified ferulic acid. No significant differences were found in the weight-average molecular weights (1680-2220 g/mol) of the seven alkali and alkaline peroxide dissolved lignins. However, the first four lignin fractions, isolated with 0.5 M NaOH and 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5% H(2)O(2) at pH 11.5, were rich in syringyl units and contained large amounts of noncondensed ether structures, whereas the last three lignin fractions, isolated sequentially with 2.0 and 3.0% H(2)O(2) at pH 11.5 and 2 M NaOH at 55 degrees C for 2 h, had a higher degree on condensation and were rich in guaiacyl lignins.
College of Forestry, The North-Western University of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and Technology, Yangling 712100, China.
Jing-Xia
JX
Sun
Xaio-Feng
XF
Sun
Run-Cang
RC
Sun
Paul
P
Fowler
Mark S
MS
Baird
D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004355:Drug Stability; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis; D031786:Saccharum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D010636:Phenols; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin; C027433:bagasse