Síntese de compostos-modelo de lignina e estudos fotoquímicos do composto 4,4 ', 5,5 '-tetrametoxi—1 ,1 '-bifenil-2,2'-diol (12) e do 3,3 ', 5,5 '- tetrametoxi-1,1'-bifenil-4,4'-diol (14), visando auxiliar na compreensão dos processos de fotobranqueamento de polpas celulósicas

Abstract

In this work, it was synthesized the lignin compound-model from oxidative phenol- coupling catalyzed by Fe(II) using, ae starting material, the phenol unit one-substituted and bi-substituted. The reaction scheme is shown in figure 1. In some cases, the study of the reaction media, i. e., temperature and solvent, increase the yield of the reactions. The photochemical study of 4,4',5,5'-tetramethoy-1,1‘-biphenyl-2,2'-diol (12) and 3,3',5,5'-tetramethoxy-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diol (14) shows a decrease in the photo- degradation process for the dimmers when the samples were irradiated using the 254 nm and in the presence of TiO2 as catalyst. Finally, we conclude that the photochemical study is a fundamental tool to understand the photowhiteness of the cellulose pulp and the photoyellowing of the paper.