Thermochemical conversion of cellulose in polar solvent (sulfolane) into levoglucosan and other low molecular-weight substances

被引:77
作者
Kawamoto, H [1 ]
Hatanaka, W [1 ]
Saka, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Energy Sci, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068501, Japan
关键词
pyrolysis in polar solvent; cellulose; levoglucosan; depolymerization; sulfolane; mechanism;
D O I
10.1016/S0165-2370(02)00160-2
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Pyrolysis of cellulose in sulfolane, an aprotic polar solvent, was conducted at the temperature between 200 and 330 degreesC. Sulfolane was used as a good solvent for levoglucosan, the major anhydromonosaccharide formed from cellulose pyrolysis, for prevention of the polymerization reaction. Cellulose was observed completely decomposed into soluble products in sulfolane within 3, 10, 60 and 480 min at 330, 280, 240 and 200 degreesC, respectively. The soluble products had molecular weights less than 500 after acetylation (GPC analysis) and similar product composition to that from cellulose pyrolysis under nitrogen (levoglucosan, levoglucosenone, furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by HPLC analysis). Pyrolysis of cellulose in polar solvent, which can solubilize anhydromonosaccharides, is proposed as a method for selective formation of levoglucosan and other low molecular-weight (MW) substances. As well, the cellulose pyrolysis in sulfolane, did not suffer from carbonization reactions (microscopic and IR spectroscopic analysis) as did cellulose pyrolysis under nitrogen or in dioctyl phthalate (a poor solvent for levoglucosan) which gave brown/black solids. The residues obtained from the pyrolysis in sulfolane were colorless and gave similar IR spectra to that of the original cellulose. Based on these results, a 'surface-peeling mechanism' is proposed, and the role of the solvent in the mechanism is discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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