Paper lignocellulose compounds

Cellulose is closely related to other biopolymers foimd in wood and plants. Together, these compounds are the raw materials used in a number of products encountered in forensic chemistry. For example, paper is made from wood chips derived from soft or hard woods, plants, or recycled paper stocks. Of interest in paper production are the polysaccharides found in wood— lignin, hemicellu-lose, and cellulose, all classified as part of the lignocellulose complex found in biomass such as wood. The lignocellulose compounds impart strength and... 

An examination of the other articles in this text serves as an excellent illustration of the diverse analytical methods that have been successfully applied to lignocellulosic materials. The practitioners of wood chemistry have rapidly assimilated and adapted modern instrumental chemistry to their specific problems. In contrast, the techniques of computational chemistry have not been widely used in such an environment. The current paper will attempt to describe the capabilities, opportunities, and limitations of such an approach, and discuss the results that have been reported for lignin-related compounds. 

Another potential feedstock for ethanol production is the lignocellulosic biomass . Lignocellulosic biomass is the most plentiful of all naturally occurring organic compounds. It includes such materials as wood, herbaceous crops, agricultural and forestry residues, waste paper and paper products, pulp and paper mill waste, and municipal sohd waste. Unlike starchy materials, lignocellulosic biomass is structurally complex. The conversion of this material into ethanol has been the subject of intense study over the last 20 years. 

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