Ionic liquid strategy for chitosan production from chitin and molecular insights
Van Minh Dinh, Santosh Govind Khokarale, Pedro Ojeda May, Tobias Sparrman, Knut Irgum, Jyri‐Pekka Mikkola
Abstract
Chitosan production from [Emim][OAc] IL-pretreatment of shrimp chitin and subsequent microwave-mediated deacetylation is described. [Emim][OAc] and [TBA][OH] can be recovered. MD simulation of the [TBA][OH]–chitin system is illustrated.
Topics & Concepts
ChitinChitosanIonic liquidChemistryProduction (economics)Chemical engineeringIonic bondingBiochemistryOrganic chemistryIonCatalysisEngineeringEconomicsMacroeconomicsNanocomposite Films for Food PackagingIonic liquids properties and applicationsCatalysis for Biomass Conversion