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Table 1 FTIR spectra band assignments [4753]

From: Characterization of lignin derived from water-only and dilute acid flowthrough pretreatment of poplar wood at elevated temperatures

No.

Wavenumber (cm−1)

Assignment

1

1708–1738

Stretching of C=O unconjugated to aromatic rings (oxidized side chains, non-conjugated carbonyl)

2

1655

Stretching of C=O conjugated to aromatic rings (conjugated carbonyl)

3

1590–1609

Aromatic ring vibrations and C=O stretching

4

1500–1515

Aromatic ring vibrations

5

1455/1425

C–H deformation and aromatic ring vibration

6

1420–1424

Aromatic ring vibrations

7

1375

C–H stretching in cellulose and hemicellulose

8

1330–1325

Syringyl nuclei (C–O stretching)

9

1270-1268/1244

Guaiacyl nuclei (C–O stretching)

10

1221

C–C, C–O, C=O stretching in G ring

11

1160

Deformation vibrations of C–H bonds on benzene rings

12

1120

Carbon ring stretching of cellulose

13

1115

Vibrations of ester linkage

14

1086

C–O stretch of secondary alcohols and aliphatic ethers

15

1048

C–O stretch in cellulose and hemicellulose

16

1060/1040/1030

C–O stretch (primary alcohols)