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JOURNAL OF WOOD SCIENCE
Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 395-400Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-004-0670-y
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supercritical methanol; Japanese beech; Fagus crenata; lignin; cellulose
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The chemical conversion of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata Blume) in water-added supercritical methanol was studied for a wide range of water content using a batch-type reaction vessel to obtain chemicals from lignocellulosics. It was consequently found that addition of water enhanced the decomposition of wood cell wall components; cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin. In cases of high water content, however, it resulted in low solubility of lignin-derived products causing an increase in the mass of the residue. The water content was thus optimized to be around 10% (v/v) for the decomposition of wood. Concomitantly, the yields and selectivity of the chemicals from wood could be regulated by the addition of water, especially for the lignin-derived products. As a result, the monomeric compounds of lignin, coniferyl alcohol and sinapyl alcohol, were recovered as their gamma-methyl ethers in the presence of water in higher yields than those obtained without addition of water.
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