Abstract
Benzoate-based room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have been synthesized with cations of varying structures. The thermal properties of these RTILs have been characterized to understand their structure-property relationship. A subset of these benzoate-RTILs was found to be capable of dissolving highly charged polysaccharides, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) to an extent of 10 mg/ml while PF6 and BF4 RTILs were not able to dissolve GAGs in significant quantities. The impact of the nature of the GAG counter-ion on GAG solubility is also addressed. The imidazolium salts of GAGs dissolved easier when compared to the sodium salts.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 268-271 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Carbohydrate Polymers |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Feb 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Glycosaminoglycans
- RTILs
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