{"title":"Halogen-free bleaching of shellac using electrochemically generated peroxodicarbonate†","authors":"Tomas Horsten and Siegfried R. Waldvogel","doi":"10.1039/D4SU00228H","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p >Industrial bleaching of shellac with sodium hypochlorite causes bleaching damages, such as double bond chlorination. Peroxodicarbonate, generated from the anodic oxidation of carbonates, acts as peroxide source for a novel acetonitrile mediated bleaching protocol, applicable on shellac. Only 6 and 9 mmol g<small><sub>shellac</sub></small><small><sup>−1</sup></small> of peroxodicarbonate and acetonitrile, respectively, is required to bleach shellac at room temperature with a bleaching efficiency of 94% and an acid value of 109. Furthermore, this method was demonstrated on unprocessed seedlac where the ionic strength of the peroxodicarbonate buffer facilitates dewaxing. A decreased aldehyde and acetal quantity, as well as ester hydrolysis are the major bleaching damages, visualised by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":74745,"journal":{"name":"RSC sustainability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/su/d4su00228h?page=search","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"RSC sustainability","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/su/d4su00228h","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Industrial bleaching of shellac with sodium hypochlorite causes bleaching damages, such as double bond chlorination. Peroxodicarbonate, generated from the anodic oxidation of carbonates, acts as peroxide source for a novel acetonitrile mediated bleaching protocol, applicable on shellac. Only 6 and 9 mmol gshellac−1 of peroxodicarbonate and acetonitrile, respectively, is required to bleach shellac at room temperature with a bleaching efficiency of 94% and an acid value of 109. Furthermore, this method was demonstrated on unprocessed seedlac where the ionic strength of the peroxodicarbonate buffer facilitates dewaxing. A decreased aldehyde and acetal quantity, as well as ester hydrolysis are the major bleaching damages, visualised by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy.