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. 2019 Aug 20;9(8):383. doi: 10.3390/biom9080383

Table 1.

Structural assignments in 13C-NMR spectra of LS, 1-CPRLS, and 5-CPELS in DMSO-d6 solutions based on the spectra in Figure 3.

Selected Groups (ppm) δExp. (ppm) Peak Assignment According to Literature Data δ (ppm)
LS 1−CPRLS 5−CPELS
Carbonyl C (C = O)
(200.0–160.0) [85]
- 178−174 179−177 Carboxylic acid units 173.0 [86], (172.8–171.2, 170.7–168.8) [76], 172.8 [81]
Aromatic C–O (ArC3, C4)
(160.3–144.0) [75] *
(160.0–140.0) [76]
(154.6–140.7) [93]
148–136 160–141 156–140 ArC4 in H-type units 157.8 [75] *, 156.4 [67,78]
ArC3/C3′ in etherified 5-5 units 152.1 [67]
ArC4 in etherified G-type units with αC = O 151.3 [75] *
ArC3 in etherified G-type β-O-4 units (151.5–151.1) [75] *, 149.1 [67]
ArC3 in etherified G-type units 149.7 [89], 149.4 [67,77], 149.0 [75] *
ArC3/C3′ in pinoresinol structure 148.6 [74]
ArC4 in etherified G-type units 148.2 [75] *, 146.8 [67,77,89]
ArC3 in non-etherified G-type β-O-4 units (148.7–148.1) [75] *, 146.6 [67]
ArC4 in non-etherified G-type β-O-4 units (147.1–146.6) [75] *, 145.8 [67,77,89]
ArC4/C4′ in pinoresinol structure 146.7 [74]
ArC4/C4′ in etherified 5-5 units 145.0 [74]
ArC4/C4′ in non-etherified 5-5 units 144.0 [75] *,143.3 [67,89]
ArC4 in ring β of β-5 units 143.3 [67,89]
Aromatic C–C (ArC2,C5 condensed)
(140.7–123.4) [93]
(140.3–122.9) [93] *
(140.0–123.0) [76]
136–114 141–118 140–118 ArC1 in etherified G-type units 137.5 [75] *, 134.6 [67,77]
ArC1/C1′ in pinoresinol structure 132.9 [74]
ArC5/C5′ in etherified 5-5 units 132.4 [67,77,89]
ArC1 in non-etherified 5-5 units 131.2 [75] *, 131.1 [67,89]
ArC2/C6′ in H-type units 128.6 [92], 128.1 [67], 128.0 [86]
ArC5/C5′ in non-etherified 5-5 units 126.8 [75] *, 125.9 [67,77,89]
Aromatic C–H (ArC2,C5,C6–H)
(131.5–108.5) [50] *
(123.4–105.3) [67]
(123.0–103.0) [51]
113–106 118–107 118–100 ArC6 in G-type units (125.2–120.0) [75] *, 124.0 [75], (123.0–117.0) [76], (119.9, 119.4, 118.4) [67,89], 118.4 [77]
ArC5 in G-type units (118.1–111.4) [75] *, (117.0–114.0) [76], (115.1, 114.7) [67,77,89]
ArC5/C5′ in pinoresinol structure 115.7 [74]
ArC3,C5 in H-type units 115.0 [75]
ArC2 in G-type units (115.2–111.3) [75] *, (114.0–108.0) [76], (111.1–110.4) [67,89]
ArC2/C2′ in pinoresinol structure 110.3 [74]
Cα,Cβ, Cγ
(90.0–58.6) [93]
(89.8–58.6) [93]
(81.9–56.3) [75] *
80–58 86–59 89–60 Cβ in β-O-4, Cα in β-5 and β-β units (90.0–82.5) [88], (90.0–78.0) [76]
Cα in pinoresinol structure 87.0 [74]
Cα in β-5 and G-type β-5 units 86.7 [92], 86.6 [67,89], (68.2–68.7) [75] *
Cβ in G-type β-O-4 units (84.6–83.8) [67],84.2 [92], (81.9–77.7) [75] *
Cα, Cγ in β-β units (84.3, 71.1) [92]
Cα in β-O-4 and G-type β-O-4 units (78.0–67.0) [76], 72.8 [92], (71.8, 71.2) [67,89], 71.2 [77], (68.0, 66.7) [75] *
Cγ in β-β units 72.4 [89]
Cγ in pinoresinol structure 72.3 [74]
Cγ in β-O-4 and G-type β-O-4 units with αC = O 63.2 [67,89], 53.7 [75] *
Cγ in G-type β-5 and β-1 units 62.8 [67,77,89]
Cγ in β-O-4 and G-type β-O-4 units (without αC = O) (62.8, 62.7) [75] *, (61.3–58.0) [76], 60.2 [67,77,89], (59.0–61.0) [88]
Methoxyl, Cβ in β-β and β-5 units
(52.0–58.0) [76]
58–52 59–54 59–53 Methoxyl (-OCH3) (58.0–54.0) [76], 56.5 [92], 56.2 [74], 56.0 [62,86,87], 55.6 [67,89]
Methoxyl and Cβ in β-5 units (58.1–52.5) [93], (56.5–52.0) [75] *
Cβ in pinoresinol structure 54.8 [74]
Cβ in β-β and β-5 units (54.0–53.0) [88], (54.0–52.0) [76]
Cβ in β-β units 53.8 [77], 53.9 [67,89]
Cβ in β-5 units 53.4 [67,77,89]
Alkyl C
(10.0–45.0) [90]
(0.0–45.0) [86]
- 27–8 38–22 Terminal methyl (-CH3) and methylene (-CH2-) in saturated aliphatic chain 45–10 [90], 41.2–12.1 [75] *, 26.7 [89]
Methylene groups in aliphatic rings and side chains 45–25 [86], 29.2 [89], 27 [76]
Terminal methyl groups 25–0 [86], 12–15 [76], 14.0 [89]

* Lignosulfonate assignments in MeOH-d4. The 13C solvent shifts Δδ1 = δ(DMSO)−δ(MeOH-d4) varies from −3.25 to +4.06 ppm [94]. The change in chemical shift of the sulfonated compounds compared to the corresponding compound with a hydroxyl group was reported in MeOH-d4. Significant chemical shift differences, Δδ2, are observed for the 1, 2, 6, α and β-positions, of approximately +7, −3.5, −4, +(6–8) and +5 ppm for 13C NMR. Smaller changes are observable for γ-position, whereas the other positions only show minor changes [75]. Carbon elements in dimethyl sulfoxide appear at 39.5 [88] (or 39.53 ± 05) ppm [88].