Journal
MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 58-63Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200400136
Keywords
cellulose hydroxyalkyl ethers; NMR; polysaccharides; selectivity; synthesis
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Novel 2,3-O-hydroxyethyl- and 2,3-O-hydroxypropyl cellulose products were synthesized by heterogeneous etherification of 6-O-(4-monomethoxytrityl) cellulose (MMTC). Due to the very hydrophobic character of MMTC, the reaction was successful in the presence of anionic and non-ionic detergent in the reaction mixture yielding the 2,3-O-cellulose ethers with a molar degree of substitution (MS) varying between 0.25 and 2.00 after detritylation. The products were characterized by means of H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy including two-dimensional methods. The 2,3-O-hydroxypropyl cellulose samples are soluble in water at a MS as low as 0.8. The spectroscopic studies showed that the unusual solubility results from a preferred substitution of hydroxy groups of the anhydroglucose unit while the newly formed hydroxy moieties are included in the reaction to a minor extent only. In contrast, conventionally synthesized hydroxypropyl cellulose is soluble in water starting at a MS of about 4.0 because of the formation of oxyethylene side chains.
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