摘要
木质素是由苯丙烷单元(C9单元)通过碳氧键(β-O-4)或碳碳键(β-β)等链接而成的芳香族聚合物,在自然界含量非常丰富。研究木质素化学性质对实现生物质组分全利用具有极为重要的意义。由于其结构复杂,直接以木质素为反应物难以从分子水平上阐明反应的规律。近年来,通过研究结构相对简单的β-O-4二聚体模型化合物的反应性能,丰富了对木质素化学的科学认识。然而,文献报道的β-O-4二聚体模型化合物通常仅含有一个C9单元,无论从结构上还是从所携带官能团的种类上,尚不能较好地反应天然木质素所包含的结构特征。为了制备与木质素结构更为接近的β-O-4二聚体模型化合物,以可来源于生物质资源的环氧氯丙烷和芳香类化合物为原料,经多步反应,合成了系列由两个C9单元组成的β-O-4二聚体模型化合物。利用这些模型化合物,研究可能的氧化偶联反应,合成了一些结构新颖的化合物。
Lignin, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, are composed of phenylpropane units with p-hydroxyphenyl-, guaiacyl-and syringyl-type structures. Due to its complicated chemical structrue, the complex chemical behavior of lignin is usually stdudied via model compound, preferably with a β-O-4 type structure. Athough several lignin β-O-4 type dimers have been synthesized, those compounds are not truly representative of the lignin structrue, because the β-aryl ether residues in lignins contain C3-side chains. In this study, serval β-O-4 type dimer model compounds with C9 unit were synthesized with moderate to high yields from bio-based monomers via multistep reaction. This synthetic methods can be exploited for chemical investigations of lignin's degradation and chemical modification. Preliminary oxidative coupling studies using phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) are also reported.
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