title: The influence of hydrogen peroxide initiator concentration on the structure of eucalyptus lignosulfonate.
abstract: In order to improve lignin-based materials' utilization, the grafting mechanism of lignin was studied by investigating hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) initiator's effect on the structure of eucalyptus lignosulfonate calcium (HLS). HLS was treated by low content of H2O2 (H2O2/HLS(wt)=1%, 2%, 4%) under various reaction temperature and time. Changes in HLS structure were investigated by difference UV, UV, FTIR, (1)H NMR, GPC and intrinsic viscosity. The results showed that though phenolic hydroxyl group (Ph-OH) of HLS was not oxidated to the quinoid structure, its content still decreased after treated by H2O2 initiator. Meanwhile, the new aryl-alkyl ether structures and increased average molecular weight were observed. A radical coupling mechanism for the decreasing Ph-OH group's content was proposed, which radicals may terminate between phenoxy and benzyl radicals. In addition, the cleavage of methoxyl-aryl ether made a decline in the content of syringyl units, while that of guaiacyl, p-hydroxyphenyl units and free aromatic C-5 hydrogen increased when HLS reacted with H2O2.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China.
authors.forename: De zhan
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Ming hua
authors.initials: Mh
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ling ling
authors.initials: Ll
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Qi ling
authors.initials: Ql
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D005052:Eucalyptus / Q000737:chemistry*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D008031:Lignin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: C001545:lignosulfuric acid; D008031:Lignin; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide
keywords: Hydrogen peroxide; Lignosulfonate; Phenolic hydroxyl group; Radical coupling mechanism