A novel and simple procedure to synthesize chitosan-graft-polycaprolactone in an ionic liquid

Z Wang, L Zheng, C Li, D Zhang, Y Xiao, G Guan…

Index: Carbohydrate Polymers, , vol. 94, # 1 p. 505 - 510

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Abstract

... Carbohydrate Polymers. ... The CS-g-PCL copolymer was synthesized by grafting the PCL onto chitosan through ring-opening polymerization of ɛ-CL in ... 2 as the catalyst (Scheme 1). Since ethanol is good solvent for EMIMAc but poor solvent for graft polymers, the polymers can be ...