Using the reaction of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ) which acts on O-methoxybenzyl ether to liberate alcohol quantitatively, a part of sugar moieties contained in conifer lignin–carbohydrate complex (LCC) was confirmed to link to lignin moiety at α-carbon of phenylpropane units through benzyl ether bond.
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Koshijima et al. (1984) studied this question.
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