Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 64, Issue 8, Pages 1751-1760Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05671
Keywords
tannins; Acacia catechu; P-31 NMR; MALDI-TOF; C-13 NMR; H-1 NMR
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Condensed tannins from Acacia catechu were carefully studied to determine their chemical structure and physicochemical properties. The combined use of MALDI-TOF-MS and C-13 NMR revealed that catechin and epicatechin are the predominant monomers. Most of the compounds were dimers, as confirmed by size exclusion chromatography measurements.. To evaluate their potential as aromatic building block in polymer synthesis, special care was given to the characterization and quantification of the different OH groups. A detailed P-31 NMR. analysis showed the predominance of catechin, with a catechin/epicatechin ratio of 4.2:1. Two distinct H-1 NMR measurements confirmed the quantification. The thermal properties were. also determined: the tannins showed a high temperature of degradation (ca. 190 degrees C) and a high glass transition temperature (ca. 140 degrees C), allowing for thermal processing or chemical reactions at relatively high temperature. A. catechu tannins thus present interesting features to be used as aromatic building blocks in polymer materials.
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