TEMPO-mediated Oxidation of Native Cellulose: SEC–MALLS Analysis of Water-soluble and -Insoluble Fractions in the Oxidized Products
TEMPO-mediated Oxidation of Native Cellulose: SEC–MALLS Analysis of Water-soluble and -Insoluble Fractions in the Oxidized Products
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10.1007/s10570-004-5835-8
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2005-06
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5.7
通讯作者:
Tsuguyuki Saito;M. Yanagisawa;A. Isogai
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作者:
Tsuguyuki Saito;M. Yanagisawa;A. Isogai
Linter cellulose was suspended in water and oxidized by the NaClO/NaBr/2,2,6,6-tetramehylpiperidine-1-oxy radical (TEMPO) system at pH 10.5 (TEMPO-mediated oxidation), and the oxidized products were separated into several fractions by filtration and centrifugation, depending on their particle sizes and apparent water-solubility. The major fraction (>ca. 80 mass % of the original linter cellulose) is the filter paper-trapped fibers, which can form inter-fiber hemiacetal linkages when handsheets are prepared thereof. Size-exclusion chromatographic analysis with multi-angle laser light scattering detection (SEC–MALLS) of these fibrous fractions dissolved in 0.5% LiCl/N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) showed that some depolymerization occurred on cellulose chains during the TEMPO-mediated oxidation. On the other hand, the apparently water-soluble fractions (<ca. 20 mass % of the original linter cellulose) in the TEMPO-oxidized linter cellulose consisted of small amounts of colloidal particles having the cellulose I crystal structure, which came off from linter cellulose by the TEMPO-mediated oxidation and were mixed in the apparently water-soluble fraction even after filtration using 0.45 μm membrane. The presence of such colloidal cellulose crystals in the water-soluble fractions of the TEMPO-oxidized linter cellulose brings about anomalous bimodal SEC-elution patterns and extremely large molecular-mass values calculated from the SEC–MALLS data. Truly water-soluble cellouronic acid and/or over-oxidized compounds having glucuronic acid and hexeneuronic acid units are also present in the water-soluble fractions.