A density functional theory study of coniferyl alcohol intermonomeric cross linkages in lignin - Three-dimensional structures, stabilities and the thermodynamic control hypothesis

Holzforschung

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 150-164

  Durbeej, Bo ^a   Eriksson, Leif A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lignin; Quantum chemical calculations; Relative energies of lignin dimerization

Indexed keywords

DIMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIGNIN DIMERIZATION;

LIGNIN;

LIGNINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84962460750     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2003.024     Document Type: Article

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