Abstract:To study the mechanism of reaction between wood and crosslinking agent in com- pressed wood, lignin, holocellulose, cellulose, α-cellulose and hemicellulose were isolated from populus ussuriensis and reacted with melamine-formaldehyde.The distribution and reactivity of reacted chemicals in wood cell wall components were determined. The order of reactivity was found to be lignin>hemicellulose>holocellulose>α-cellulose>cellulose.The chemical construction of holocellulose,cellulose and lignin before and after crosslinking reaction were analysed.Using infrared(IR) spectra,thus the changes of main chemical groups of modificated wood were qualitatively determined.