G. Rozmarin et al., BEHAVIOR OF FURFURAL LIGNOCELLULOSE DURING TREATMENT WITH POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE, Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 30(3-4), 1996, pp. 239-249
The paper presents the results of a treatment with K-3[Fe(CN)(6)] on f
urfural lignocellulose. Reactions have been carried out in alkaline me
dium at 50 degrees for various reaction times. The obtained products h
ave been characterized by spectroscopy, thermooxidative behavior, lign
in and cellulose and methoxyl groups contents. The high percent of nit
rogen and ash shows that, during treatments, a complexation reaction t
akes place between lignocellulose and potassium ferricyanide.