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Ammonium-based cellulose solvents suitable for homogeneous etherification.
Macromol Biosci
September 2009
Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
New ammonium-based cellulose solvents with triethylmethylammonium- and tributylmethylammonium cations and carboxylate anions were synthesized and investigated as potential solvents for cellulose. Triethylmethylammonium formate was found to dissolve cellulose. Small amounts of formic acid may be used to adjust the melting point of the organic salt and can increase the dissolution velocity of cellulose.
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