O-Acetylation of cellulose and monosaccharides using a zinc based ionic liquid

By A. Abbott, T. Bell, S. Handa, B. Stoddart. 2005

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The efficient O-acetylation of monosaccharides and cellulose is demonstrated using a Lewis acidic ionic liquid based on choline chloride and zinc chloride.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Catalysis, Organic Chemistry

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Citations in the corpus

• Nanocellulose from Agricultural Wastes: Products and Applications—A Review (2021, background): “On the other hand, it has been found that efficient O-acetylation of cellulose can be achieved by using a zinc-based ionic liquid [64].”
• Interaction of ionic liquids with polysaccharides. 5. Solvents and reaction media for the modification of cellulose (2008, unknown): “Alternative ILs used for the acetylation of cellulose are choline chloride (ChCl) based compounds, in particular ChCl with ZnCl2 (Abbott et al. 2005).”