Oxidative cross coupling of p-hydroxycinnamic alcohols with dimeric arylglycerol β-aryl ether lignin model compounds. The effect of oxidation potentials
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- No. 20,p. 3425-3430
- https://doi.org/10.1039/a805349i
Abstract
Oxidation of p-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols together with dimeric lignin model compounds containing arylglycerol β-aryl ether structures was found, under certain conditions, to yield cross coupling products with β-aryl ether and 5,5′-biphenyl bonds. Cross coupling appeared to be restricted to phenols of similar oxidation potential. The implications of the “limits to randomness” for the understanding of the lignification process in vascular plants are discussed.Keywords
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