Synthesis of lignin polyols via oxyalkylation with propylene carbonate

Autor: Isabell Kühnel, Bodo Saake, Ralph Lehnen, Jacob Podschun
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Holzforschung. 69:531-538
ISSN: 1437-434X
0018-3830
DOI: 10.1515/hf-2014-0068
Popis: An efficient, nontoxic, and solvent-free oxyalkylation of European beech wood organosolv lignin (OL) has been developed. Two approaches were studied: a direct reaction of lignin with propylene carbonate (PC) and a two-step reaction of lignin with maleic anhydride (MA) followed by oxyalkylation with PC. The structural analysis of lignin polyols was performed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 31P NMR, and FTIR spectroscopy. It was demonstrated that PC was able to almost completely oxypropylate aliphatic and phenolic OH groups. Moreover, the carboxylic acid groups of maleated OL were fully oxypropylated by PC. This modification strongly facilitates the generation of a uniform lignin polyol applicable as a biobased component in polyurethanes and polyesters based on cyclic organic carbonates.
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