THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MWLs OF CHINESE FIR (CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA) AND POPLAR “SANBEI” NO.1 (POPULUS NIGRA×P.SIMONII) WOOD
Abstract:Milled wood lignins(MWL)is isolated from Chinese fir and poplar“Sanbei”No.1 wood.The lignins are characterized on the basis of FTIR,UV,HPLC,1HNMR spectroscopy and elemental analyses. The results show that:(1)The carbon content in Chinese fir lignin is 1.23%higher than that in poplar “Sanbei”No.1 lignin,but the hydrogen and oxygen contents are respectively 0.22%and 0.85%lower than those in poplar“Sanbei”No.1 lignin.(2)The empirical formulas of C9 are calculated for Chinese fir lignin and poplar“Sanbei”No.1 lignin as C9H8.08O2.46(OCH3)0.94 and C9H7.86O2.33(OCH3)1.41,respec-tively based on their nlethoxyl contents and elemental composition.(3)The OHaliph is 78.8%in total numbets of hydroxyl groups of Chinese fir lignin,and the OHph is 21.2%.The OHaliph is 67.5%and the OHph is 32.5%in the poplar“Sanbei”No.1,lignin.(4)The IR spectra of Chinese fir lignin shows the typicalsoftwood characteristics,but the poplar“Sanbei”No.1 is not absolutely coincident with the IR spectra characteristics for the temperate hardwoods.(5)The per-C9-unit average proton numbers of β—O—4 structures in Chinese fir lignin and poplar“Sanbei”No.1 lignin are 0.33 and 0.50,the β-5 structures are 0.23 and 0.16,and the β-β structures are 0.92 and 0.67 respectively.