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Benzoate-based room temperature ionic liquids - Thermal properties and glycosaminoglycan dissolution

  • Saravanababu Murugesan
  • , John M. Wiencek
  • , Rex X. Ren
  • , Robert J. Linhardt

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)268-271
Number of pages4
JournalCarbohydrate Polymers
Volume63
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • RTILs

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