A promptly approach from monosaccharides of biomass to oligosaccharides via sharp-quenching thermo conversion (SQTC)

Xiao Liu; Weiqi Wei; Shubin Wu; Ming Lei; Ying Liu

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.107

A promptly approach from monosaccharides of biomass to oligosaccharides via sharp-quenching thermo conversion (SQTC)

Carbohydr Polym. 2018 Jun 1:189:204-209. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.107. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Authors

Xiao Liu¹, Weiqi Wei¹, Shubin Wu², Ming Lei¹, Ying Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China.
² State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China. Electronic address: shubinwu@scut.edu.cn.

PMID: 29580400
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.107

Abstract

In this study, a novel and facile approach of conversion monosaccharides (glucose and xylose) to oligosaccharides (Cello-oligosaccharides and Xylo-oligosaccharides) was demonstrated. The approach did not introduce any chemical reagent and the preparation process could be environmentally friendly. Identification and quantification by ion chromatography (IC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) showed that the yields of COS and XOS reached to 44.62% (38 s) and 47.09% (30 s) respectively at 500 °C reaction temperature coupled with sharp-quenching method. Structural characterization indicated that such oligosaccharides showed a degree of polymerization (DP) with 2-6, and the units mainly linked by β-(1 → 4)-glycosidic bond.

Keywords: Biomass conversion; Oligosaccharides; Sustainable; Thermochemistry.