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The amounts of non-cyclic α-aryl units were determined for wood lignin in situ from the rate of acid-catalyzed phenolic hydroxyl group formation. Expressed as a percentage of C 9 units having this type of structural feature, aspen had 6%, considerably more than for Norway spruce which had 4%.
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Lai et al. (1992) studied this question.
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