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A new application of ionic liquids for heterogeneously catalyzed acetylation of cellulose under solvent-free conditions†

Xinxing Zhang,a   Wei Zhang,a   Dong Tian,a   Zehang Zhoua  and  Canhui Lu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
E-mail: canhuilu@263.net
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Abstract

We have developed a simple and effective route for high yield production of cellulose acetate from waste cotton fabric. A small amount of Brønsted acidic ionic liquid (15 mol%) was used as the heterogeneous catalyst in this solvent-free process to synthesize cellulose acetate with a yield of 124.7%.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA21894E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Aug 2012
Accepted
03 Apr 2013
First published
04 Apr 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 7722-7725

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A new application of ionic liquids for heterogeneously catalyzed acetylation of cellulose under solvent-free conditions

X. Zhang, W. Zhang, D. Tian, Z. Zhou and C. Lu, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 7722 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA21894E

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