Abstract
We tested dissolution and regeneration of poplar wood using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C4mim]Cl) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C4mim]OAc). When 5wt% of poplar sawdust in [C4mim]OAc was stirred at 130°C, 96wt% of added poplar was dissolved in [C4mim]OAc, whereas 25.3wt% of poplar dissolved in [C4mim]Cl at the same reaction condition. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and lignin content analysis revealed that poplar was partially delignified during the dissolution and regeneration processes. X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and microscopy were used to characterize raw poplar sawdust, undissolved poplar, and regenerated wood from the poplar-ionic liquid solution. The direct acetylation of poplar-[C4mim]OAc solution using acetyl chloride was also performed in the absence of any organic solvent. FT-IR analysis of the resulting wood sample revealed the formation of partially delignified acetylated-poplar.
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