Curie-Point Pyrolysis of Cellulose

Cellulose–Hemicellulose and Cellulose–Lignin Interactions during Fast Pyrolysis

Previously, the primary product distribution resulting from fast pyrolysis of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin was quantified. This study extends the analysis to the examinations of interactions between cellulose−hemicellulose and cellulose−lignin, which were determined by comparing the pyrolysis products from their native mixture, physical mixture, and superposition of individual component...

The detection of caffeine in a variety of beverages using Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectrometry and genetic programming

Freeze dried coffee, filter coffee, tea and cola were analysed by Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS). Cluster analysis showed, perhaps not surprisingly, that the discrimination between coffee, tea and cola was very easy. However, cluster analysis also indicated that there was a secondary difference between these beverages which could be attributed to whether they were caffeine-conta...

Detection of the dipicolinic acid biomarker in Bacillus spores using Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

Thirty-six strains of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria confirmed by polyphasic taxonomic methods to belong to Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus subtilis (including Bacillus niger and Bacillus globigii), Bacillus sphaericus, and Brevi laterosporus were grown axenically on nutrient agar, and vegetative and sporulated biomasses wer...

Muscarine-like compounds derived from a pyrolysis product of cellulose.

Cellulose represents a key component of a renewable biomass source, from which chiral compounds with a high added value in the application for the synthesis of potentially bioactive molecules can be obtained. The anhydrosugar (1R,5S)-1-hydroxy-3,6-dioxa-bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-one (LAC), produced on the gram-scale by catalytic pyrolysis of cellulose, was used as a building block in the synthesis ...

Primary and Secondary Reactions of Cellulose Melt Pyrolysis