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New Understandings of the Relationship and Initial Formation Mechanism for Pseudo-lignin, Humins, and Acid-Induced Hydrothermal Carbon.

Banggui Cheng,Xiaohui Wang,Qixuan Lin,Xiao Zhang,Ling Meng,R. Sun,F. Xin,Junli Ren

Published 2018 in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

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The generation of pseudo-lignin as byproduct during the lignocellulose acidic pretreatment has been proposed for many years. However, the detailed formation mechanism is still unclear. Moreover, there is a lack of understanding in the initial reaction during the formation of humins (byproducts in furfural production) and acid-induced hydrothermal carbon (carbon material). In this work, the initial formation of these three substances were investigated. We first found the common feature of their formation process was that carbohydrate-hydrolyzed compounds could form black polymers by condensing in acidic media, but the difference was dependent on the reaction degree. Furthermore, the results revealed that oxidation was an accelerator for condensations during producing black polymers because oxidized compounds could enhance the acidity of the reaction system. However, condensations of oxidized compounds were more difficult to proceed. Meanwhile, during the initial stage, the dominating pathway was that furfural condensed with itself and isomerized xylose via aldol-condensation.

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