Effects of a Biologically Relevant Antioxidant on the Dehydrogenative Polymerization of Coniferyl Alcohol
- 8 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biomacromolecules
- Vol. 9 (12), 3378-3382
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bm800704k
Abstract
Dehydrogenation polymers (DHPs or synthetic lignins) were synthesized from coniferyl alcohol by enzymatic oxidation in the presence of ascorbic acid to study the potential effects of an antioxidant upon their structure. Specific interunit substructures (β-O-4′, β-β′, and β-5′) were quantified by 13C NMR, which showed how ascorbic acid altered their amounts compared with control syntheses without this antioxidant, especially by increasing the amount of β-O-4′ substructures. The effect of ascorbic acid increased with its concentration. Surprisingly, no influence on the sizes of the synthetic lignins, as determined by size exclusion chromatography, was observed. The chemistry of this antioxidant effect during dehydrogenative polymerization and the potential biological significance (cell wall lignification) of these observations are discussed.Keywords
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