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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 546-550Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.04.005
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ionic liquid; starch; zein; acetylation; low melting; deep eutectic mixtures
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Biopolymers such as starch and zein protein were found to be soluble at 80 degrees C in ionic liquids such as 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMIMCI) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide (BMIMdca) in concentrations up to 10% (w/w). Higher concentrations of biopolymers in these novel solvents resulted in solutions with too high viscosity to stir. Solutions of both starch and zein in BMIMCI were acylated with anhydrides in presence of pyridine to give acetyl starch and benzoyl zein with various degrees of substitution. Without pyridine the acylation reaction did not proceed. H-1 NMR and IR spectroscopies were used to determine the degree of substitution of starch. Viscosity studies indicated that the starch underwent slight reduction in molecular weight during the course of acylation. Starch was also soluble in other non-conventional solvents such as choline chloride/oxalic acid and choline chloride/ZnCl2. However, zein was insoluble in these solvents. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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