Susceptibility of Iα- and Iß-Dominated Cellulose to TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation.
Biomacromolecules
; 16(5): 1643-9, 2015 May 11.
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ABSTRACT
The susceptibility of Iα- and Iß-dominated cellulose to TEMPO-mediated oxidation was studied in this work since the cellulose Iα-allomorph is generally considered to be thermodynamically less stable and therefore more reactive than the cellulose Iß-allomorph. Highly crystalline Cladophora nanocellulose, which is dominated by the Iα-allomorph, was oxidized to various degrees with TEMPO oxidant via bulk electrolysis in the absence of co-oxidants. Further, the Cladophora nanocellulose was thermally annealed in glycerol to produce its Iß-dominated form and then oxidized. The produced materials were subsequently studied using FTIR, CP/MAS (13)C NMR, XRD, and SEM. The solid-state analyses confirmed that the annealed Cladophora cellulose was successfully transformed from an Iα- to an Iß-dominated form. The results of the analyses of pristine and annealed TEMPO-oxidized samples suggest that Iα- and Iß-dominated cellulose do not differ in susceptibility to TEMPO-oxidation. This work hence suggests that cellulose from different sources are not expected to differ in susceptibility to the oxidation due to differences in allomorph composition.
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Asunto principal:
Oxidación-Reducción
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Celulosa
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Óxidos N-Cíclicos
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Nanoestructuras
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En
Revista:
Biomacromolecules
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2015
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Article
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Suecia