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FORMATION OF ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS DURING ALKALINE PULPING OF MULI BAMBOO

Raimo AlénZhinan FengKlaus Niemelä

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chemistry.chemical_classificationBambooGeneral Chemical EngineeringCarboxylic acidGeneral ChemistryAnthraquinoneReaction productchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryKraft processMelocanna bacciferaOrganic chemistryGeneral Materials ScienceBlack liquorKraft paper

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ABSTRACT A study on the formation of aliphatic carboxylic acids, i.e., formic and acetic acids and various hydroxy monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids, during soda-AQ, kraft, and kraft-AQ pulping of muli bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) was carried out. Detailed gas chromatographic analyses revealed that the most abundant hydroxy carboxylic acids were 2-hydroxybutanoic, lactic, glucoisosaccharinic, glycolic, xyloisosaccharinic, 3,4-dideoxypentonic, and 3-deoxypentonic acids. The presence of AQ depressed the formation of 2-hydroxybutanoic, xyloisosaccharinic, and glucoisosaccharinic acids, and accelerated the formation of glycolic and 3-deoxypentonic acids as well as 3-deoxytetronic acid but had only a small effect on that of lactic and 3,4-dideoxypentonic acids. The total amount of aliphatic carboxylic acids corresponded to 12–15% of o.d. bamboo.

https://doi.org/10.1081/wct-120004432