Patent ID: 8679388

Claim:
Method for producing a lignocellulose-based product from at least (a) one lignocellulose-containing material, (b) a resin-based binder and (c) an organic compound which comprises at least one first and one second functional group, wherein the first functional group is an oxidisable functional group, the second functional group is a group which is capable of reacting with the binder to form a substantially covalent bond, and an aromatic compound is used as the organic compound in which the second functional group is decoupled from the aromate by an aliphatic side chain, wherein the method comprises: treating the lignocellulose-containing material with the organic compound in the presence of an oxidising agent, wherein the treatment takes place in a medium and under reaction conditions such that the first functional group of the organic compound is oxidised, whereby at least one oxidation product of the organic compound is produced which, with the lignocellulose-containing material, enters a substantially covalent bond, treating the reaction product from lignocellulose-containing material and organic compound, with the binder, wherein the treatment takes place in a medium and under reaction conditions such that the second functional group of the organic compound or a derivative thereof formed in the course of treatment, with the binder, enters a substantially covalent bond and curing the composite material thus produced.