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Structural Characterization of the Lignin from Jute (Corchorus capsularis) Fibers
KTH, School of Chemical Science and Engineering (CHE), Fibre and Polymer Technology, Wood Chemistry and Pulp Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4521-1122
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2009 (English)In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, ISSN 0021-8561, E-ISSN 1520-5118, Vol. 57, no 21, p. 10271-10281Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The structural characteristics of the lignin from jute (Corchorus capsularis) fibers, which are used for high-quality paper pulp production, were studied. The lignin content (13.3% Klason lignin) was high compared to other nonwoody bast fibers used for pulp production. The lignin structure was characterized by pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS), 2D-NMR, and thioacidolysis. Upon Py-GC/MS, jute fibers released predominantly products from syringylpropanoid units with the S/G ratio being 2.1 and a H/G/S composition of 2:33:65. 2D-NMR of the milled wood lignin (MWL) isolated from jute fibers showed a predominance of beta-O-4' aryl ether linkages (72% of total side chains), followed by beta-beta' resinol-type linkages (16% of total side chains) and lower amounts of beta-5' phenylcoumaran (4%) and beta-1' spirodienone-type (4%) linkages and cinnamyl end groups (4%). The high predominance of the S-lignin units, together with the high proportion of beta-O-4' aryl ether linkages, which are easily cleaved during alkaline cooking, are advantageous for pulping. On the other hand, a small percentage (ca. 4%) of the lignin side chain was found to be acetylated at the gamma-carbon, predominantly over syringyl units. The analysis of desulphurated thioacidolysis dimers provided additional information on the relative abundances of the various carbon-carbon and diaryl ether bonds and the type of units (syringyl or guaiacyl) involved in each of the above linkage types. Interestingly, the major part of the beta-beta' dimers included two syringyl units, indicating that most of the beta-beta' substructures identified in the HSQC spectra were of the syringaresinol type (pinoresinol being absent), as already observed in the lignin of other angiosperms.

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2009. Vol. 57, no 21, p. 10271-10281
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Jute, Corchorus capsularis, nonwood fibers, pyrolysis-GC/MS, HSQC, thioacidolysis, milled wood lignin, syringyl, guaiacyl, syringaresinol, nmr-spectroscopy, hardwood lignins, chemical-characterization, lipid, fractions, wood lignin, dfrc method, delignification, thioacidolysis, spectrometry, softwood
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-18908DOI: 10.1021/jf900815xISI: 000271290800058PubMedID: 19817367Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-70449086441OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-18908DiVA, id: diva2:336955
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QC 20100525Available from: 2010-08-05 Created: 2010-08-05 Last updated: 2022-09-13Bibliographically approved

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