In this study, a fast and efficient method for the separation and analysis of the products in the acid-catalyzed depolymerization of commercially available sodium lignosulfonate has been developed. The depolymerized lignosulfonate products were well separated and characterized by advanced polymer chromatography (APC) employing four ACQUITY APC XT columns in series and a ultraviolet detector. The developed method enabled the detection of relative-low-molecular-mass lignin degradation products with peak molecular weights () of 720, 490, and 260 Da, and an extremely low polydispersity index (PDI) of 1, indicating almost complete conversion of lignosulfonate to smaller molecules. The effects of reaction temperature, time, and catalyst/lignin ratio on the reaction products were systematically investigated. High yields of depolymerization (>80%) could be obtained under the mild acid-catalyzed conditions at 130℃ for 60 min using a catalyst/lignin ratio of 2.334:1. Preliminary studies also indicated that the mild acid-catalytic mechanism is unaffected by the reaction time, temperature, or catalyst concentration, thus suggesting the specificity of the catalytic procedure employed.

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