Dissolution and gelation of cellulose in TBAF/DMSO solutions: the roles of fluoride ions and water

Åsa Östlund; Dan Lundberg; Lars Nordstierna; Krister Holmberg; Magnus Nydén

doi:10.1021/bm900667q

Dissolution and gelation of cellulose in TBAF/DMSO solutions: the roles of fluoride ions and water

Åsa Östlund^*, Dan Lundberg, Lars Nordstierna, Krister Holmberg, Magnus Nydén

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Solutions of cellulose in a mixture of tetrabutylammonium fluoride and dimethyl sulfoxide (TBAF/DMSO) containing small and varying amounts of water were studied by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). By measuring the composition dependences of ¹⁹F NMR and ¹H NMR chemical shifts and line widths, details on the dissolution and gelation mechanisms for cellulose in TBAF/DMSO were elucidated. Our results suggest that the strongly electronegative fluoride ions act as hydrogen bond acceptors to cellulose hydroxyl groups, thus dissolving the polymer by breaking the cellulose-cellulose hydrogen bonds and by rendering the chains an effective negative charge. It was found that the fluoride ions also interact strongly with water. Small amounts of water remove the fluoride ions from the cellulose chains and allow reformation of the cellulose-cellulose hydrogen bonds, which leads to formation of highly viscous solutions or gels even at low cellulose concentrations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2401-2407
Number of pages	7
Journal	Biomacromolecules
Volume	10
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/bm900667q
Publication status	Published - 14 Sept 2009
Externally published	Yes

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