The CO2/CO32−chemistry of the NaOH(aq) model system applicable to cellulose solutions
Journal article, 2020

Molecular interactions governing the recently reported CO2/CO32− chemistry of cellulose/NaOH(aq) solutions are investigated using a cellulose analogue methyl-β-D-glucopyranoside in NaOH(aq) solutions under conditions feasible with cellulose dissolution. 1H, 13C and steady-state heteronuclear Overhauser effect NMR spectroscopy complemented by pH measurements reveal carbohydrate–CO32− interactions as an important component of this chemistry. However, depending on in which order carbohydrate and CO32− are brought together in NaOH(aq) this interaction is different with different implications on stability of the CO32− in the solution.

pH

Methyl β-D-glucopyranoside

NaOH(aq)

CO 3 2−

Cellulose dissolution

NMR

CO 2

Author

Maria Gunnarsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Diana Bernin

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Merima Hasani

Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC)

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Cellulose

0969-0239 (ISSN) 1572882x (eISSN)

Vol. 27 2 621-628

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

Other Chemistry Topics

Biophysics

DOI

10.1007/s10570-019-02782-6

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5/19/2021