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Title: ISSUES IN LIGNIN CHEMISTRY. "THE HELSINKI CONNECTION"

Author
item Ralph, John

Submitted to: Symposium Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/14/2007
Publication Date: 8/31/2007
Citation: Ralph, J. 2007. Issues in lignin chemistry. "The Helsinki connection". Symposium on Wood and Lignin Chemistry in Finland: Past, Present, and Future. A Tribute to the Science of Professor Gosta Brunow on the Occasion of his Retirement, August 31, 2007, Helsinki, Finland. Paper No. 3.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This presentation covers advances in lignin chemistry (and our Helsinki connection) on dibenzodioxocins, spirodienones, and reduced structures in lignins. It also explores the various roles in defending lignification theory (based on Freudenberg's original hypothesis) against a supposed new contender advocating absolute structural control over the synthesis of lignins, a notion that has now been compellingly disproven.