Imidazole-catalyzed esterification of cellulose in ionic liquid/molecular solvents: A multi-technique approach to probe effects of the medium

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 180-189

  Pires, Paulo A R ^a   Malek, Naved I ^a   Teixeira, Thaís C ^a   Bioni, Thaís A ^a   Nawaz, Haq ^a   El Seoud, Omar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1 Allyl 3 methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid; Cellulose acylation; Dipolar aprotic solvents; Imidazole catalysis; Kinetics; Molecular dynamics simulations; Solvatochromism

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENTHALPY; ENZYME KINETICS; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

1-ALLYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES; DIPOLAR APROTIC SOLVENT; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; MICRO-CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTI-TECHNIQUE APPROACH; SOLVATOCHROMISMS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CELLULOSE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENT;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; ENTHALPY; ESTERIFICATION; IONS; SOLVENTS;

KOBUS;

EID: 84947737963     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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