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Table 1 Conditions and products of the first-round corncob pretreatment

From: Efficient pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass with high recovery of solid lignin and fermentable sugars using Fenton reaction in a mixed solvent

Entry

FeCl3/H2O2/solvent

Xylose yield (%)

Xylose (g/L)

Glucose yield (%)

Glucose (g/L)

Arabinose yield (%)

Total carbohydrates yield (%)

1

–/H2O2/DMSO + H2O (1:6)

6.5 ± 0.4

1.43 ± 0.05

2.9 ± 0.3

0.94 ± 0.07

2.8 ± 0.4

15.4 ± 0.7

2

FeCl3/–/DMSO + H2O (1:6)

5.2 ± 0.4

1.15 ± 0.07

4.8 ± 0.1

1.54. ± 0.05

5.8 ± 0.6

31.4 ± 0.8

3

FeCl3/H2O2/DMSO + H2O (1:6)

92.2 ± 1.8

20.42 ± 0.68

20.1 ± 0.8

6.55 ± 0.07

98.4 ± 1.1

74.4 ± 1.1

4

FeCl3/H2O2/DMSO + H2O (3:1)

66.8 ± 0.7

14.77 ± 0.15

15.2 ± 0.3

4.95 ± 0.11

64.3 ± 0.9

61.3 ± 0.9

5

FeCl3/H2O2/DMSO + H2O (1:3)

85.3 ± 1.1

18.80 ± 0.35

16.5 ± 0.6

5.40 ± 0.18

97.2 ± 0.8

68.3 ± 0.9

6

FeCl3/–/H2O

6.8 ± 0.2

1.50 ± 0.08

5.5 ± 0.8

1.79 ± 0.14

7.4 ± 0.3

33.1 ± 1.6

7

FeCl3/H2O2/H2O

10.4 ± 0.7

2.30 ± 0.09

7.8 ± 0.5

2.54 ± 0.04

10.6 ± 0.7

8.2 ± 1.0

8

FeCl3/H2O2/DMSO

15.6 ± 0.6

3.35 ± 0.15

9.7 ± 0.4

3.17 ± 0.11

20.7 ± 0.5

47.3 ± 0.6

  1. Reaction conditions: corncob (0.200 g), FeCl3 (7.5 × 10−3 mmol), H2O2 (0.26 mL, 35 wt% in H2O), solvent: 2 mL, temperature: 130 °C, time: 30 min, in a 40 mL Pyrex tube with a Teflon screw cap