Purification of syringaldehyde and vanillin from an oxidized industrial kraft liquor by chromatographic processes

Inês Ferreira Mota*, Paula Rodrigues Pinto, José Miguel Loureiro, Alírio Egídio Rodrigues

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Abstract

In this study the purification of an oxidized industrial kraft liquor (IKL) by chromatographic processes is addressed after being submitted to a three stage membrane fractionation aiming the recovery of high added value phenolic monomers. The IKL final permeates obtained from the second and third membrane separation stages (P5kDa and P1kDa, respectively) were loaded onto a bed packed with nonpolar SP700 resin and were readily eluted with an ethanol:water (90:10, % V/V) solution. Each stream was characterized regarding the total non-volatile solids, ashes and total phenolic compounds of interest quantified by HPLC-UV. Maximum adsorption capacities for vanillin and syringaldehyde of 0.0797 and 0.0673 g g−1dry resin, respectively, were obtained after loading the P1kDa permeate. Cycle adsorption studies performed with P5kDa and P1kDa permeates showed that the SP700 resin can be reutilized up to 4–5 adsorption/desorption cycles and no major differences regarding the performance of the adsorption process were observed employing both permeates. Lastly, a final separation step of the ethanolic eluate by supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) technology was successfully accomplished employing a silica column at 150 bar and 40 °C and a gradient of the co-solvent methanol.
Original languageEnglish
Article number116083
JournalSeparation and Purification Technology
Volume234
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Biorefinery
  • Oxidized lignin
  • Phenolic monomers
  • Supercritical fluid chromatography

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