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Upstream product

• 122274-98-0 1,6-anhydro cellopentaose 
• 20702-56-1 O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->4)-β-D-glucopyranose 
• 69429-19-2 1,4-β-cellotriose 
• 9004-34-6 cellulose 

Downstream Products

• 67-47-0 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfuraldehyde 
• 498-07-7 levoglucosan 
• 35405-71-1 1,6-anhydro-β-D-cellobiose 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Mass spectrometric studies of fast pyrolysis of cellulose

A fast pyrolysis probe/linear quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer combination was used to study the primary fast pyrolysis products (those that first leave the hot pyrolysis surface) of cellulose, cellobiose, cellotriose, cellotetraose, cellopentaose, and cellohexaose, as well as of cellobiosan, cellotriosan, and cellopentosan, at 600°C. Similar products with different branching ratios were found for the oligosaccharides and cellulose, as reported previously. However, identical products (with the exception of two) with similar branching ratios were measured for cellotriosan (and cellopentosan) and cellulose. This result demonstrates that cellotriosan is an excellent small-molecule surrogate for studies of the fast pyrolysis of cellulose and also that most fast pyrolysis products of cellulose do not originate from the reducing end. Based on several observations, the fast pyrolysis of cellulose is suggested to initiate predominantly via two competing processes: The formation of anhydro-oligosaccharides, such as cellobiosan, cellotriosan, and cellopentosan (major route), and the elimination of glycolaldehyde (or isomeric) units from the reducing end of oligosaccharides formed from cellulose during fast pyrolysis.

Supercritical water treatment for cello-oligosaccharide production from microcrystalline cellulose

Microcrystalline cellulose was treated in supercritical water at 380 °C and at a pressure of 250 bar for 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 s. The yield of the ambient-water-insoluble precipitate and its average molar mass decreased with an extended treatment time. The highest yield of 42 wt % for DP2-9 cello-oligosaccharides was achieved after the 0.4 s treatment. The reaction products included also 11 wt % ambient-water-insoluble precipitate with a DPw of 16, and 6.1 wt % monomeric sugars, and 37 wt % unidentified degradation products. Oligo- and monosaccharide-derived dehydration and retro-aldol fragmentation products were analyzed via a combination of HPAEC-PAD-MS, ESI-MS/MS, and GC-MS techniques. The total amount of degradation products increased with treatment time, and fragmented (glucosyln-erythrose, glucosyln-glycolaldehyde), and dehydrated (glucosyln-levoglucosan) were identified as the main oligomeric degradation products from the cello-oligosaccharides.