I. Kilpelainen et al., SYNTHESIS OF POLYMER-SUPPORTED LIGNIN MODEL COMPOUNDS .1. ATTACHING OF PHENOLIC LIGNIN MODEL COMPOUNDS VIA BENZYL ETHER TYPE LINKAGE TO POLYSTYRENE, Holzforschung, 48, 1994, pp. 59-62
Polymer supported lignin-like model compounds were synthesised by atta
ching guaiacylglycerol-beta-guaiacyl ether, vanillyl alcohol and guaia
col to 2% cross linked chloromethylated polystyrene resin. Ether forma
tion was used as bonding reaction. The chemical structures of polymer
supported model compounds for aromatic ether linkages of lignins were
confirmed by C-13 NMR spectroscopy.