Softwood kraft lignin SKL was fractionated using aprotic acetone and protic methanol to yield both previously reported "traditional"fractions and novel refined fractions thereof. Based on differences in mutual H-bonding affinities exerted by the solvents on one side and the OH group characteristics of the lignin oligo- A nd polymers on the other side, the 85% acetone-insoluble kraft lignin fraction AIKL, for example, could be further fractionated in 16% methanol-soluble and 67% methanol-insoluble parts. Sequential use of the two solvents practically resembled a refinement protocol that shed light on eventual "structural impurities"contained in the traditional fractions, which is not delineable easily in front of the background of a dominating spectroscopic image. Exploiting H-bonding characteristics offers a valid option for the facile generation of truly "structurally purified"lignin fractions. Acetone-insoluble, methanol-soluble MSAIKL, for example, exhibits 25% less aliphatic interunit bonding while being enriched in phenolic groups up to 25%, thus representing condensed, lower-molecular-weight structures with overall H-bond accepting character that was still contained in the overall larger-molecular-weight acetone-insoluble AIKL. More "polyphenylpropanoidic"parts practically free of condensed units, determining the overall structural picture of the unrefined lignins due to their overall abundance, are represented by the globally insoluble fractions like acetone-insoluble, methanol-insoluble MIAIKL. The original fractions and refined fractions generated based on targeting specific H-bonding affinities give a more homogeneous picture with respect to trends in glass transition temperatures, clearly indicating that Tg is dominated by actually both MW and nature of OH groups.

Case Study in Kraft Lignin Fractionation: "Structurally Purified" Lignin Fractions-The Role of Solvent H-Bonding Affinity

Crestini C.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Softwood kraft lignin SKL was fractionated using aprotic acetone and protic methanol to yield both previously reported "traditional"fractions and novel refined fractions thereof. Based on differences in mutual H-bonding affinities exerted by the solvents on one side and the OH group characteristics of the lignin oligo- A nd polymers on the other side, the 85% acetone-insoluble kraft lignin fraction AIKL, for example, could be further fractionated in 16% methanol-soluble and 67% methanol-insoluble parts. Sequential use of the two solvents practically resembled a refinement protocol that shed light on eventual "structural impurities"contained in the traditional fractions, which is not delineable easily in front of the background of a dominating spectroscopic image. Exploiting H-bonding characteristics offers a valid option for the facile generation of truly "structurally purified"lignin fractions. Acetone-insoluble, methanol-soluble MSAIKL, for example, exhibits 25% less aliphatic interunit bonding while being enriched in phenolic groups up to 25%, thus representing condensed, lower-molecular-weight structures with overall H-bond accepting character that was still contained in the overall larger-molecular-weight acetone-insoluble AIKL. More "polyphenylpropanoidic"parts practically free of condensed units, determining the overall structural picture of the unrefined lignins due to their overall abundance, are represented by the globally insoluble fractions like acetone-insoluble, methanol-insoluble MIAIKL. The original fractions and refined fractions generated based on targeting specific H-bonding affinities give a more homogeneous picture with respect to trends in glass transition temperatures, clearly indicating that Tg is dominated by actually both MW and nature of OH groups.
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