The formation of end groups in cellulose during alkali cooking |
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Authors: | Mats H. Johansson Olof Samuelson |
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Affiliation: | Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Engineering Chemistry, Fack, S-402 20 Göteborg 5 Sweden |
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Abstract: | Cotton that had been subjected to alkali cooking at 170° was hydrolysed to determine the car?ylic acid end-groups. Large proportions of 3-deoxy-ribo-hexonic, 3-deoxy-arabino-hexonic, and 2-C-methylglyceric acids, together with a minor proportion of 2-C-methylribonic acid, were isolated and identified. Reduction of the cellulose end-groups and subsequent analysis of the hydrolysate revealed 3-deoxy-ribo-hexitol, 3-deoxy-arabino-hexitol, 2-C-methylglycerol, and a small proportion of 2-C-methylribitol. It is concluded from these results that, in addition to 3-deoxyhexonic acid end-groups, significant quantities of terminal 2-C-methylglyceric and minor amounts of 2-C-methylribonic acid groups are formed during the alkali cooking. No alditol end-groups were detected in the unreduced cellulose. |
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