TY - JOUR AU - Miyafuji, Hisashi AB - Planta (2015) 242:509–518 DOI 10.1007/s00425-014-2235-7 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Topochemical and morphological characterization of wood cell wall treated with the ionic liquid, 1-ethylpyridinium bromide Toru Kanbayashi Hisashi Miyafuji Received: 15 October 2014 / Accepted: 18 December 2014 / Published online: 3 January 2015 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract Abbreviations Main conclusion [EtPy][Br] is more reactive toward CC Cell corner lignin than toward the PSs in wood cell walls, and CML Compound middle lamella [EtPy][Br] treatment results in inhomogenous changes to [C2mim][Cl] 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride the cell wall’s ultrastructural and chemical components. [EtPy][Br] 1-Ethylpyridinium bromide PSs Polysaccharides The effects of the ionic liquid 1-ethylpyridinium bromide S Middle layer of secondary wall ([EtPy][Br]), which prefers to react with lignin rather than S Inner layer of secondary wall cellulose on the wood cell walls of Japanese cedar (Cryp- SEM Scanning electron microscopy tomeria japonica), were investigated from a morphology and topochemistry point of view. The [EtPy][Br] treatment induced cell wall swelling, the elimination of warts, and the Introduction formation of countless pores in the tracheids. However, many of the pit membranes and the cellulose crystalline With increased concern about global warming and fossil structure remained unchanged. Raman microscopic analy- resource exhaustion, lignocellulosics have attracted much TI - Topochemical and morphological characterization of wood cell wall treated with the ionic liquid, 1-ethylpyridinium bromide JF - Planta DO - 10.1007/s00425-014-2235-7 DA - 2015-01-03 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/topochemical-and-morphological-characterization-of-wood-cell-wall-2KX1xIJSWG SP - 509 EP - 518 VL - 242 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -