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Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements Volume 194, 2019 - Issue 4-6: Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, ICPC-22
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Dissolution of cellulose in dimethyl phosphate ionic liquid solutions

Marie F. ThomasDepartment of Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Anne ChenDepartment of Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA
,
Mike YuanDepartment of Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA
,
Adam AgababayevDepartment of Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA
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Chaudhary HarrisDepartment of Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA
Pages 357-358 | Received 28 Sep 2018, Accepted 27 Oct 2018, Published online: 11 Dec 2018
 
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Abstract

Ionic liquids are organic salts that have melting points below 100 °C and they may serve as environmentally friendlier alternatives to the toxic and/or corrosive chemicals usually used to process biomass. However, ionic liquids can be viscous and expensive. A series of dimethyl phosphate ionic liquids with varying alkyl chain lengths have been synthesized and combined with solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethylformamide. The resulting solutions have been used to dissolve cellulose. In general, it would appear that the length of the alkyl chain (up to a carbon chain length of six) does have some effect on the dissolution of cellulose.

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