Issue 10, 2010

Cellulose conversion into alkylglycosides in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

Abstract

The conversion of cellulose into alkylglycosides is carried out in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride in the presence of an acidic catalyst. Primary alcohols like n-butanol and n-octanol were used as alkylating reagents. The acidic resin Amberlyst 15DRY proved to be the optimum heterogeneous catalyst: it catalyzes the hydrolysis of the β(1→4) links in the cellulose polymeric chain as well as the alkylation of the hydroxyl groups at the C1 position of the glucose intermediate. The cellulose was fully converted under mild conditions; in a reaction with n-butanol, the obtained yield of butylglucopyranoside isomers was 86%.

Graphical abstract: Cellulose conversion into alkylglycosides in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jun 2010
Accepted
27 Jul 2010
First published
23 Aug 2010

Green Chem., 2010,12, 1790-1795

Cellulose conversion into alkylglycosides in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

I. A. Ignatyev, P. G. N. Mertens, C. Van Doorslaer, K. Binnemans and D. E. de Vos, Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1790 DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00192A

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