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Investigating lignin-derived monomers and oligomers in low-molecular-weight fractions separated from depolymerized black liquor retentate by membrane filtration

Li, Kena LU orcid ; Prothmann, Jens LU ; Sandahl, Margareta LU ; Blomberg, Sara LU ; Turner, Charlotta LU orcid and Hulteberg, Christian LU orcid (2021) In Molecules 26(10).
Abstract

Base-catalyzed depolymerization of black liquor retentate (BLR) from the kraft pulping process, followed by ultrafiltration, has been suggested as a means of obtaining low-molecular-weight (LMW) compounds. The chemical complexity of BLR, which consists of a mixture of softwood and hardwood lignin that has undergone several kinds of treatment, leads to a complex mixture of LMW compounds, making the separation of components for the formation of value-added chemicals more difficult. Identifying the phenolic compounds in the LMW fractions obtained under different depolymerization conditions is essential for the upgrading process. In this study, a state-of-the-art nontargeted analysis method using ultra-high-performance supercritical fluid... (More)

Base-catalyzed depolymerization of black liquor retentate (BLR) from the kraft pulping process, followed by ultrafiltration, has been suggested as a means of obtaining low-molecular-weight (LMW) compounds. The chemical complexity of BLR, which consists of a mixture of softwood and hardwood lignin that has undergone several kinds of treatment, leads to a complex mixture of LMW compounds, making the separation of components for the formation of value-added chemicals more difficult. Identifying the phenolic compounds in the LMW fractions obtained under different depolymerization conditions is essential for the upgrading process. In this study, a state-of-the-art nontargeted analysis method using ultra-high-performance supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to high-resolution multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (UHPSFC/HRMSn ) combined with a Kendrick mass defect-based classification model was applied to analyze the monomers and oligomers in the LMW fractions separated from BLR samples depolymerized at 170–210◦ C. The most common phenolic compound types were dimers, followed by monomers. A second round of depolymerization yielded low amounts of monomers and dimers, while a high number of trimers were formed, thought to be the result of repolymerization.

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Black liquor retentate, Depolymerization, Identification, Monomer, Oligomers
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Molecules
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10
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2887
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MDPI AG
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10.3390/molecules26102887
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  author       = {{Li, Kena and Prothmann, Jens and Sandahl, Margareta and Blomberg, Sara and Turner, Charlotta and Hulteberg, Christian}},
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  keywords     = {{Black liquor retentate; Depolymerization; Identification; Monomer; Oligomers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{Molecules}},
  title        = {{Investigating lignin-derived monomers and oligomers in low-molecular-weight fractions separated from depolymerized black liquor retentate by membrane filtration}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26102887}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/molecules26102887}},
  volume       = {{26}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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