Flash vacuum pyrolysis of methoxy-substituted lignin model compounds

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1376-1389

  Britt, Phillip F ^a   Buchanan III, A C ^a   Cooney, Mark J ^a   Martineau, Dan R ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALDEHYDE; BIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; LIGNIN; PROTON; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COVALENT BOND; PROTON TRANSPORT; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOPOLYMERS; FREE RADICALS; HEAT; LIGNIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; TREES; VACUUM;

EID: 0034629342     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo991479k     Document Type: Article

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