Direct Evidence for Reaction between Cellulose and CO2from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Journal article, 2021

The direct reaction between carbohydrates and CO2 has recently attracted attention in the context of cellulose dissolution and derivatization as well as carbon capture applications. We have directly demonstrated the formation of cellulose carbonate upon the introduction of CO2 into a non-aqueous cellulose solution by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Comparison of the observed spectra with accurate electronic structure calculations of the changes in chemical shifts upon reaction allowed us to confirm the expectation that CO2 reacts with the hydroxyl group on carbon 6 of the cellulose but not exclusively this hydroxyl group. We found good agreement between predicted and measured chemical shifts using a simple computational method.

Electronic structure calculations

Organic carbonates

Cellulose dissolution

Carbon capture

NMR

Carbonic acid hemiesters

Author

Maria Gunnarsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Diana Bernin

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Merima Hasani

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Mikael Lund

Lund University

Erik Bialik

Molecules in Motion

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

2168-0485 (eISSN)

Vol. 9 42 14006-14011

Subject Categories

Materials Chemistry

Theoretical Chemistry

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05863

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