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Novel kinetics model for the crosslinking reaction of 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid with cellulose within cotton fabrics

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1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) has been explored as formaldehyde-free crosslinking agent for many years. In this study, a novel kinetic model for cellulose reacted by BTCA was proposed and the factors that influenced the model parameters were investigated in detail, which could help us understand crosslinking mechanism clearly. Kinetic model, which is a consecutive reaction model, consisting of grafting (esterifying) reaction rate constant and crosslinking reaction rate constant, was deduced. The rate of the whole reaction depends on the rate of grafting reaction, which is related to the diffusion of free BTCA in pores of cellulose. However, the rate of crosslinking reaction depends on thermal vibration of cellulose chain grafted by BTCA, which is more sensitive to the change of curing temperature, especially when the temperature is higher than 150 °C. The Arrhenius activation energies of grafting and crosslinking reactions are 86.3 kJ/mol and 102.8 kJ/mol, respectively, showing high temperature is more conducive to increase the rate of crosslinking reactions comparing with grafting reaction. Moreover, the whole reaction is also affected by catalyst of SHP, which could react with BTCA anhydride to form BTCA-SHP compounds. Due to lower electron cloud density of carbonyl groups, BTCA-SHP compounds have much higher reactivity compared with BTCA anhydrides, which are beneficial to be attacked by hydroxyl groups in cellulose to form ester bonds, imparting excellent wrinkle-resistance to cotton fabrics.

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This research was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFB0309600) and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities and Graduate Student Innovation Fund of Donghua University (No. CUSF-DH-D-2020064). And we also grateful for support offered by Jiangsu Lianfa Textile Co., Ltd., Nantong, China.

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  1. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China

    Hanchang Hu, Xia Dong, Qiangqiang Zhao, Chen Meng, Tingwei Cai & Jinxin He

  2. National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China

    Xia Dong

  3. The Key Laboratory of Textile Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 201620, China

    Jinxin He

  4. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China

    Haoyang Xu & Rongliang Wu

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Hu, H., Xu, H., Dong, X. et al. Novel kinetics model for the crosslinking reaction of 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid with cellulose within cotton fabrics. Cellulose 28, 5071–5085 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03823-9

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