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http://hdl.handle.net/10261/34833
10.1002/rcm.1457
35705
Identifying acetylated lignin units in non-wood fibers using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
John Wiley & Sons
2004
artículo
Río Andrade, José Carlos del
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Gutiérrez Suárez, Ana
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Martínez, Ángel T.
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Lignin
Sinapyl acetate
Coniferyl acetate
Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)
Jute (Corchorus capsularis)
Sisal (Agave sisalana)
Abaca (Musa textilis)
Py-GC/MS
2004
1Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, E-41080-Seville, Spain
2Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040-Madrid, Spain
E-mail address: delrio@irnase.csic.es
A series of non-wood plant fibers, namely kenaf, jute, sisal and abaca, have been analyzed upon Py-GC/MS of the whole material. The pyrolysis products mainly arise from the carbohydrate and lignin moieties of the fibers. The lignin-derived phenols belonged to the p-hydroxyphenylpropanoid (H), guaiacylpropanoid (G) and syringylpropanoid (S) structures, and showed a high S/G ratio of between 2.0 and 5.4, the highest corresponding to kenaf. Among the lignin-derived phenols released, small amounts of sinapyl and coniferyl acetates (in both cis- and trans- forms) were identified for the first time upon Py-GC/MS of lignocellulosic materials. Acetylation of the sinapyl and coniferyl alcohols was at the γ-position of the side-chain. The release of these alcohols derived from intact acetylated lignin units upon pyrolysis seems to indicate that the native lignin in the fibers selected for this study is at least partially acetylated. Sinapyl (and coniferyl) acetates have recently been suggested to be authentic lignin precursors involved in the polymerization of lignin along with the normal sinapyl and coniferyl alcohols. Py-GC/MS will offer a convenient and rapid tool for analyzing naturally acetylated lignins, as well as to screen plant materials for the presence of acetylated units in lignin.
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España)
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
2004
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