Chelating derivatives of chitosan obtained by reaction with ascorbic acid |
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Authors: | Riccardo AA Muzzarelli Fabio Tanfani Monica Emanuelli |
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Institution: | Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, I-60100 Ancona, Italy |
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Abstract: | Ascorbic acid immediately dissolves Euphausia superba chitosan upon mixing and forms chitosan ascorbate; during the 6-h period after dissolution in water at pH 5–7, ascorbate is oxidized to dehydroascorbate which undergoes Schiff reaction with the amino groups of chitosan, thus yielding a viscous solution of a polymeric ketimine. The latter is characterized by infrared spectrometry, circular dichroism spectropolarimetry, viscometry and alkalimetry. When brought into contact with transition metal ions, the chitosan ascorbate ketimine yields insoluble metal chelates. Upon reduction with sodium cyanoborohydride, the water-insoluble N-2-(1,2-dihydroxyethyl)tetrahydrofuryl] chitosan (NDTC) is obtained, which shows enhanced capacity for uranium, up to 800 mg U/g from solutions at pH 4·5. |
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