Base-catalysed, one-step mechanochemical conversion of chitin and shrimp shells into low molecular weight chitosan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Base-catalysed, one-step mechanochemical conversion of chitin and shrimp shells into low molecular weight chitosan

Published:2017 Issue:12 Volume:19 Page:2783-2792
ISSN:1463-9262
Container-title:Green Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Green Chem.

Author:

Chen Xi¹²³⁴,Yang Huiying¹²³⁴,Zhong Ziyi⁵⁶⁷⁴,Yan Ning¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

2. National University of Singapore

3. Singapore 117585

4. Singapore

5. Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences

6. A*STAR

7. Jurong Island, Singapore 627833

Abstract

A facile, solid-state mechanochemical method was developed for the synthesis of low molecular weight chitosan (LMWC) in one step from chitin and crude shrimp shell powders, in which chitin undergoes simultaneous deacetylation and depolymerisation in the presence of a base catalyst under mechanical milling.

Funder

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/GC/C7GC00089H

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