It has been found that the uronic acids fraction produced in hydrolysis of wood meals and pulps consists of 4-0-methyl-D-glucuronopyranosyl-D-xylose (f
2), lacton of f
2, 4-0-methyl glucuronic acid (f
1) and glucuronic acid (or galacturonic acid) (f
3) (see Fig. 1 and 2).
The above fraction was separated from hydrolyzate of birch wood meal, and f
2, main product of the fraction, was isolated by means of cellulose column chromatographic technique (see Fig. 3 and Table 1). Using Somogyi's colorimetric and iodometric methods, reducing power of f
2 corresponds to 32% of that of glucuronic acid (per mol.), while the power of f
1 corresponds to that of glucuronic acid.
f
2 is strongly resistent against hydrolysis, and only 31% is hydrolyzed to monomers by treating with 4% H
2SO
4 in boiling water bath for 9 hrs. (see Fig. 4). In total hydrolysis (treated with 72% H
2SO
4 for 1 hr. at 30°C and with 4% H
2SO
4 in boiling water bath for 9hrs, ) of woods and pulps, a large amount (over 70%) of f
1-residues in the samples remains as f
2. In quantitative paper chromatography of methylglucuronic acid-rich xylan, therefore, some xylose residue in f
2 must be added to that of xylan estimated from xylose produced in hydrolysis.
Total amount determined by (paperchromatography) of these uronic acids (f
1, f
2 and f
3) produced in total hydrolysis agrees almost with that determined by the CO
2-method (see Table 2).
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