ISSN:
0449-296X
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The relative accessibilities of the hydroxyl groups of the D-glucopyranosyl units of hydrocellulose have been studied by means of the reaction of N,N-diethylaziridinium chloride, which produces 2-(diethylamino)ethyl cellulose. The deviation in the distribution of substituents among the 2-O-, 3-O-, and 6-O-positions of the D-glucopyranosyl residues in a hydrocellulose from that in a disordered cellulose in which the three types of hydroxyl groups are equally accessible is the basis for estimating the selective accessibilities of the hydroxyl groups in the crystalline cellulose. A particular hydrocellulose, lying within the range of leveling-off degree of polymerization, was studied in detail; this hydrocellulose, designated EHC (“Exemplar Hydrocellulose”), was formed from fibrous cotton by hydrolysis for 0.67 hr in 2.5N hydrochloric acid at reflux. EHC exhibited higher selective accessibility (larger deviation from equal accessibility) of the hydroxyl groups at C-2, C-3, and C-6, than samples of hydrocellulose formed in shorter or longer periods of hydrolysis. This selective accessibility is discussed in terms of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding on the surfaces of crystalline microstructural units in EHC.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1971.150090523
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