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Synthesis of water-soluble cellulose esters applying carboxylic acid imidazolides

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Water-soluble, non-ionic cellulose esters with a degree of substitution in the range from 0.11 to 3.0 were synthesized homogeneously using ionic liquids (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, and 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride) as reaction medium. Highly substituted 3,6,9-trioxadecanoic acid esters and 3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid esters of cellulose were obtained via the activation of the carboxylic acids with N,N’-carbonyldiimidazole. The products were characterized by the means of FTIR-, 1H- and 13C NMR spectroscopy.

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The scholarship for S. Dorn from the ‘Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt’, Osnabrück, Germany is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Kompetenzzentrum Polysaccharidforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Susann Dorn, Annett Pfeifer, Kerstin Schlufter & Thomas Heinze

  2. Forschungszentrum für Medizintechnik und Biotechnologie GmbH, Geranienweg 7, 99947, Bad Langensalza, Germany

    Kerstin Schlufter

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Thomas Heinze is a member of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE), http://www.epnoe.eu

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Dorn, S., Pfeifer, A., Schlufter, K. et al. Synthesis of water-soluble cellulose esters applying carboxylic acid imidazolides. Polym. Bull. 64, 845–854 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-009-0172-6

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