Issue 2, 2024

Cellulose modification for sustainable polymers: overcoming problems of solubility and processing

Abstract

Two new water-soluble cellulose derivatives were prepared by a two-step transformation with 1,3-propane sultone, followed by either maleic or succinic anhydride, thereby converting cellulose into a more easily processable form. It was found that the solubility was dependent on both the degree of substitution and the chemical properties of the substituents. The water-soluble cellulose has a molecular weight greater than 100 000 g mol−1 and both the morphology and molecular weight can be tuned by varying the reaction conditions. Furthermore, the flexible, two-step nature of the process allows for expansion of this methodology in order to prepare cellulose analogues for different applications.

Graphical abstract: Cellulose modification for sustainable polymers: overcoming problems of solubility and processing

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 sep. 2023
Accepted
28 dic. 2023
First published
04 ene. 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Sustain., 2024,2, 369-376

Cellulose modification for sustainable polymers: overcoming problems of solubility and processing

P. McNeice, G. H. ten Brink, U. Gran, L. Karlson, R. Edvinsson and B. L. Feringa, RSC Sustain., 2024, 2, 369 DOI: 10.1039/D3SU00317E

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