Cellulose mesylation

Mesylated and Tosylated Celluloses. It has been estabUshed that the flame resistance of ceUulose (qv) is improved by oxidation of —CH2OH groups to —COOH (58—60). To correct some of the shortcomings of this treatment, mesyl or tosyl ceUulose was prepared and then the mesyl (CH2SO2) or tosyl (CH2CgH4S02) group was replaced with bromine or iodine (58—60) ... 

Preparation of Cellulose-Polystyrene Graft Copolymers. The polystyr-yl mono- and di-carbanions were prepared in THF at -78 °C by using n-butyl lithium and sodium naphthalene as the initiators, respectively. The carban-ions were reacted with dry carbon dioxide. The products were precipitated in methanol, filtered, washed with water and methanol, and dried. Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) established that the molecular weight of the polystyryl monocarboxylate was 6,200 and that of the polystyryl di-carboxylate 10,2000. The mono- and di-carboxylates were reacted with mesylated cellulose acetate in dimethylformamide at 75 °C for 20 h to give the cellulose-polystyrene graft copolymer (GP 1) and crosslinked cellulose-polystyrene graft copolymer (GP 2), respectively. 

Figure 4. Grafting of polystyrylcarboxylate anion onto mesylated cellulose acetate.

Since iodide ion is a strong nucleophile, the action of iodides on cellulose tosylate, mesylate, and nitrate in ketones, and chlorodeoxycellulose in DMF or 2,5-hexanedione can generate iododeoxycellulose. In use of chlorodeoxycellulose, the chlorine substituents were almost completely replaced by iodide in 2,5-hexanedione. The iododeoxycellulose thus prepared was 6-dexoy-6-iodocellulose. lododeoxycelluloses having iodo substituents at C2 and C3 were also prepared by treating various sulfonates having a DS higher than 1.0 or 6-0-trityl-2(3)-p-nitrobenzenesulfonate of cellulose with sodium iodide in DMF. Ishii [134,135] succeeded in the almost quantitative preparation of 5,6-cellulosene acetate by the treatment of acetylated 6-deoxy-6-iodocellulose (DS 0.8) with 1,8-diazobicyclo [5,4,0]undec-7-ene in DMF. 

Poly(amino acids)2892 and polypeptides2893 can also be grafted onto starch. Starch was first alkylated in the presence of lithium naphthalene, and then the alkoxy derivatives were reacted with /V-carboxy anhydrides. Poly(amide amines) were produced by reacting amines with dioic acids on starch and then crosslinking with epichlorohydrin or 1,2-dichloroethane 2894 Grafting of starch with a synthetic polymer chain, for instance, polystyryl carboxylate anions prepared by an anionic polymerization, can be carried out on a blend of starch and cellulose functionalized by sulfonation, mesylation, or tosylation. In this manner, cellulose-starch graft copolymers were prepared.2895... 

The most frequently synthesized and used cellulose sulfonates are the p-toluenesulfonates (tosylates), methanesulfo-nates (mesylates), p-bromobenzenesulfonates (brosylates), and ttifluoromethanesulfonates (Inflates). The synthesis of sulfonates through simple esterification of the -OH groups of cellulose with the corresponding sulfonic acid chlorides or anhydride is a way to attach nucleofuge groups to... 

A variety of synthetic procedures have been used to prepare deoxy celluloses (28). Most involve displacement of a good leaving group, e.g., a tosylate or mesylate group,... 

Subsequently a better leaving group, viz, the tosyl group was employed. Another approach was to react the polyanion with CO to form carboxylic end groups which were reacted with mesylated cellulose diacetate. 

Cellulose Sulfonates. Cellulose sulfonates are inorganic esters of cellulose and sulfonic acids in which there is a sulfur-oxygen bond formed to link the cellulose and sulfonic acid moieties. Figure 4 depicts the three most common cellulose sulfonates described in the literature, cellulose methanesulfonate (mesylate) (4), cellulose toluenesulfonate (tosylate) (5), and cellulose dansylate (6) (22-25). Cellulose tosylate is the most commonly described cellulose sulfonate in the literature. Cellulose sulfonates are typically prepared in a homogeneous process by dissolving cellulose in a dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride (DMAc/LiCl) mixture and reacting the cellulose with sulfonylchloride in the presence of triethylamine (Fig. 5) (25). Cellulose sulfonates can also be prepared in situ for use as reactive intermediates (26,27). The use of cellulose tosylate as a reactive intermediate is be discussed in more detail later in this report. 

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