Elucidation of the Structure of Lignin–Carbohydrate Complexes in Ginkgo CW-DHP by 13C-2H Dual Isotope Tracer

Molecules

Sheng Cui¹  Kai Zhang¹  Yanchao Liu¹  Yimin Xie¹ 

[1] Research Institute of Pulp & Paper Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China;

关键词: lignin–carbohydrate complexes;    CW-DHP;    isotope labelling;    ginkgo;    NMR;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules26195740

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

To elucidate the chemical linkages between lignin and carbohydrates in ginkgo cell walls, ¹³C-²H-enriched cell wall-dehydrogenation polymers (CW-DHP) were selectively prepared with cambial tissue from Ginkgo biloba L. by feeding D-glucose-[6-²H₂], coniferin-[α-¹³C], and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) inhibitor. The abundant detection of ¹³C and ²H confirmed that D-glucose-[6-²H₂] and coniferin-[α-¹³C] were involved in the normal metabolism of ginkgo cambial cells that had been effectively labelled with dual isotopes. In the ginkgo CW-DHP, ketal and ether linkages were formed between the C-α of lignin side chains and carbohydrates, as revealed by solid state CP/MAS ¹³C-NMR differential spectroscopy. Furthermore, the DMSO/TBAH ionic liquids system was used to fractionate the ball-milled CW-DHP into three lignin-carbohydrate complex (LCC) fractions: glucan–lignin complex (GL), glucomannan–lignin complex (GML), and xylan–lignin complex (XL). The XRD determination indicated that the cellulose type I of the GL was converted into cellulose type II during the separation process. The molecular weight was in the order of Ac-GL > Ac-GML > XL. The ¹³C-NMR and ¹H-NMR differential spectroscopy of ¹³C-²H-enriched GL fraction indicated that lignin was linked with cellulose C-6 by benzyl ether linkages. It was also found that there were benzyl ether linkages between the lignin side chain C-α and glucomannan C-6 in the ¹³C-²H-enriched GML fraction. The formation of ketal linkages between the C-α of lignin and xylan was confirmed in the ¹³C-²H-enriched XL fraction.

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