“…Conjugated and unconjugated C@O groups (1618 cm À1 and 1712 cm À1 , respectively) were also detected. C@O conjugated with the aromatic ring was the major C@O vibration, which usually had lower reaction activity than unconjugated C@O (Wang et al, 2014b). It was found that lignins contained abundant branches, such as the functional groups detected at 1224 cm À1 (phenolic OAH plus ether CAO stretching), 1087 cm À1 (CAO deformation at C b and aliphatic ether), and 1033 cm À1 (CAO deformation at C a and aliphatic ether) (Tejado et al, 2007).…”