Issue 4, 2017
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Green Chemistry

From pollen grains to functionalized microcapsules: a facile chemical route using ionic liquids†

Cinzia Chiappe,a   Gian Carlo Demontis,a   Valeria Di Bussolo, ORCID logo b   Maria Jesus Rodriguez Douton,*a   Francesco Rossella,c   Christian Silvio Pomelli,a   Stefania Sartinia  and  Stefano Caporalide  

* Corresponding authors

a Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy
E-mail: maria.rodriguez@for.unipi.it, cinzia.chiappe@farm.unipi.it

b Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, 56125 Pisa, Italy

c NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore & Istituto NanoScienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy

d Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), 50123 Firenze, Italy

e CNR-Istituto Sistemi Complessi (ISC), 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

Abstract

We report a green, facile chemical approach to isolate sporopollenin capsules from pollen grains based on the use of ionic liquids (ILs). Depending on the IL structure, it is possible to remove proteins and the cellulose-rich cell wall (intine) assuring grain integrity and simultaneously obtaining a direct functionalization of the sporopollenin.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC02892F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Oct 2016
Accepted
12 Dec 2016
First published
12 Dec 2016

Green Chem., 2017,19, 1028-1033

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From pollen grains to functionalized microcapsules: a facile chemical route using ionic liquids

C. Chiappe, G. C. Demontis, V. Di Bussolo, M. J. Rodriguez Douton, F. Rossella, C. S. Pomelli, S. Sartini and S. Caporali, Green Chem., 2017, 19, 1028 DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02892F

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