Andrea Mezzetta, Lorenzo Guazzelli and Cinzia Chiappe
Green Chem., 2017,19, 1235-1239
DOI:
10.1039/C6GC02935C,
Communication
Unreported ureido cross-linked chitosans were obtained employing the CO2–chitosan–ionic liquid three component system. Under the conditions used, the greenhouse gas functions as a safe cross-linking agent of the biopolymer thanks to the solvent-catalytic effect of [bmim][OAc].