Raw materials used for synthesis of dialdehyde lignocellulose and results of their characterization^a.

Name	Kappa number	Cellulose content (wt%)	Xylan content (wt%)	Total lignin content (wt%)
Commercially available Eucalyptus bleached kraft pulp b
Cp	—	85	14	<0.1
Eucalyptus wood wastes pulps c
D2	10.2	90.2	7.3	1.9
D3	13.9	89.6	7.2	2.8
D1	16.1	76.7	17.5	2.2
D4	26.7	71.6	18.3	4.4

^aC_p: commercially available bleached pulp; D2 and D3: pulps obtained by kraft cooking with previous hot water extraction of the wood wastes; D1 and D4: pulps obtained by kraft cooking.

^bValues taken from the literature.²²

^cXylan content does not include substituent acid groups.