文摘
A 4–O–5-tetramer lignin model compound carrying β–O–4 linkages on each of the side-chain moieties was synthesized, as well as 4–O–5-coupled dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol. By comparison with their NMR data, two cross-signals in the HSQC spectrum of pine milled wood lignin recorded in DMSO-d6 were assigned to H2/C2 and H6/C6 correlations on the aromatic rings of 4–O–5-linked units. Although the H2/C2 correlation peak appeared in the same region as syringyl units, nitrobenzene oxidation of the pine lignin did not yield any syringyl-type product, but did release a 4–O–5-type product.