| BET | Brunauer-Emmett-Teller |
| BJH | Barrett–Joyner–Halenda |
| Cat. | Catalyst |
| D | Diffusion Coefficient |
| DMSO-d6 | Deuterated dimethylsulfoxide |
| DOSY | Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy |
| G | Guaiacyl units |
| G/S | guaiacyl to syringyl ratio |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence Spectroscopy |
| HTC | Hydrotalcite |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| Mn | Number molecular weight |
| Mw | Average Molecular weight |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| Org | Organosolv |
| Pd/C | Palladium supported on carbon |
| PEG | Poly-ethyleneglycol |
| PPW | Pinus pinaster wood |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| RCF | Reductive Catalytic Fractionation |
| Ru/C | Ruthenium supported on carbon |
| scEtOH | Supercritical ethanol |
| scMeOH | Supercritical methanol |
| S | Syringyl units |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| Seos | Soda ethanosolv |
| S/G | Syringyl to guaiacyl ratio |
| wt.% | Monomer weight yield |
| XRD | X-Ray Diffraction |