Facile Preparation of Water-Soluble Chitin from Chitosan
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 18 (9), 1597-1598
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1989.1597
Abstract
A simple and efficient procedure for the preparation of water-soluble chitin was developed by controlled partial N-acetylation of chitosan. Acetylated chitosans with about 50% substitution prepared in a highly swelled state exhibited high water-solubility, and the procedure proved much superior to the conventional one.Keywords
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