Table 1.
The yield of pyrolysis products from WT and CAD mutant lignin at 400 and 500 °C (μg/mg lignin).

	Compound	500 °C		400 °C
		WT	CAD mutant	WT	CAD mutant
		1	Toluene (AH)	2.20 ± 0.17	6.45 ± 0.17	0.58 ± 0.14	2.21 ± 0.03
2	Ethylbenzene (AH)	n.d.	0.37 ± 0.05	n.d.	n.d.
3	Styrene (AH)	n.d.	1.36 ± 0.05	n.d.	n.d.
4	Phenol (C6; H)	0.91 ± 0.09	4.38 ± 0.16	n.d.	2.59 ± 0.26
5	o-Cresol (C1C6; H)	0.51 ± 0.06	0.70 ± 0.01	n.d.	n.d.
6	p-Cresol (C1C6; H)	1.94 ± 0.16	6.38 ± 0.28	n.d.	2.73 ± 0.07
7	Guaiacol (C6; G)	7.84 ± 0.70	8.46 ± 0.17	4.06 ± 0.35	6.80 ± 0.28
8	Creosol (C1C6; G)	12.04 ± 0.71	4.96 ± 0.11	5.12 ± 0.59	2.85 ± 0.08
9	3-Methoxycatechol (C6; G)	n.d.	1.28 ± 0.17	n.d.	n.d.
10	4-Ethylguaiacol (C2C6; G)	2.42 ± 0.21	0.79 ± 0.01	0.71 ± 0.12	0.43 ± 0.03
11	4-Vinylguaiacol (C2C6; G)	6.37 ± 0.37	2.60 ± 0.03	6.30 ± 0.55	2.40 ± 0.16
12	3-Methoxy-5-methylphenol (C1C6; G)	n.d.	0.72 ± 0.17	n.d.	n.d.
13	Syringol (C6; S)	3.47 ± 0.18	8.34 ± 0.21	2.10 ± 0.08	7.61 ± 0.18
14	Eugenol (C3C6; G)	8.90 ± 0.36	1.37 ± 0.03	6.35 ± 0.73	1.43 ± 0.09
15	4-Propylguaiacol (C3C6; G)	0.69 ± 0.04	n.d	n.d	n.d
16	Vanillin (C1C6; G)	1.58 ± 0.06	0.46 ± 0.07	1.03 ± 0.06	n.d.
17	cis-Isoeugenol (C3C6; G)	7.73 ± 0.33	n.d.	4.56 ± 0.83	n.d.
18	4-Methylsyringol (C1C6; S)	3.04 ± 0.16	2.68 ± 0.17	1.62 ± 0.19	1.82 ± 0.03
19	trans-Isoeugenol (C3C6; G)	28.39 ± 1.59	3.32 ± 0.05	24.08 ± 2.30	n.d.
20	Acetoguaiacone (C2C6; G)	1.22 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.02	0.78 ± 0.03	n.d.
21	Methyl vanillate (C3C6; G)	0.30 ± 0.07	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
22	Methoxyeugenol (C3C6; S)	2.29 ± 0.05	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
Total		91.84 ± 5.36	56.33 ± 1.95	57.29 ± 5.97	31.31 ± 1.21

AH: aromatic hydrocarbon, H: p-hydroxyl phenyl units, G: guaiacyl units, S: syringyl units.