Issue 24, 2010
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Chemical Communications

One pot catalytic conversion of cellulose into biodegradable surfactants†

Nicolas Villandiera  and  Avelino Corma*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n.46022, Valencia, Spain
E-mail: acorma@itq.upv.es
Fax: +34 9638 77809
Tel: +34 9638 77800

Abstract

Cellulose has been directly converted into environmentally friendly alkyl glycoside surfactants in a one pot transformation. By working in ionic liquid media with Amberlyst 15Dry (A15) as catalyst and coupling the rate of cellulose hydrolysis and the rate of glycosidation of the monosaccharides formed with C4 to C8 alcohols, it was possible to obtain 82% mass yield of octyl-α,β-glucoside plus octyl-α,β-xyloside.

Graphical abstract: One pot catalytic conversion of cellulose into biodegradable surfactants

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00031K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Feb 2010
Accepted
15 Apr 2010
First published
18 May 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 4408-4410

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One pot catalytic conversion of cellulose into biodegradable surfactants

N. Villandier and A. Corma, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4408 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00031K

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