Silylated Chitin: A New Organosoluble Precursor for Facile Modifications and Film Casting
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 28 (8) , 771-772
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1999.771
Abstract
Trimethylsilylation of chitin and some properties of the product have been examined. Full substitution could be achieved on β-chitin under appropriate conditions. The high solubility along with easy desilylation enabled simple preparation of chitin films. Furthermore, the silylated chitin exhibited high reactivity and thus proved to be a convenient organosoluble precursor for facile modifications of this intractable biomass resource.Keywords
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