Interaction of ionic liquids with polysaccharides. 5. Solvents and reaction media for the modification of cellulose

By T. Liebert, T. Heinze. BioResources, 2008

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The use of ionic liquids (ILs) in the field of cellulose chemistry opens up a broad variety of new opportunities. Besides the regeneration of the biopolymer to fibers, films, and beads, this new class of cellulose solvents is particularly useful for the homogeneous chemical modification of the polysaccharide. In this review, the potential of ILs as a reaction medium for the homogeneous cellulose functionalization is discussed. It is shown that numerous conversions proceed very efficiently and the ILs may be recycled. But it is also demonstrated that some side reactions have to be considered.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering

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Citations in the corpus

• Ionic Liquids: Applications and Perspectives (2011, methodology): “Since this publication, ILs have began to be used in the processing of cellulose and other polysaccharides, which mainly concern with the dissolution, homogeneous derivatization and modification, and regeneration (Zhu et al., 2006, Liebert & Heinze, 2008, Feng & Cheng, 2008, Pinkert et al., 2009).”
• STRUCTURAL CHANGES EVIDENCED BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY IN CELLULOSE MATERIALS AFTER PRE-TREATMENT WITH IONIC LIQUID AND ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS (2011, background): “The application of ionic liquids (IL’s) as solvents in carbohydrates chemistry (Murugesan and Linhardt 2005; Zhu et al. 2006) or reaction medium for the homogeneous cellulose modification (Liebert and Heinze 2008) has recently been reviewed.”