title: Substituent distribution on O,N-carboxymethylchitosans by 1H and 13C n.m.r.
abstract: The use of the n.m.r. method in the investigation of chitosan carboxymethylation was evaluated. It seems to be the most effective technique to determine concurrently the degree and the position of substitution of the carboxymethylated chitosan derivatives. The 13C-n.m.r., by the DEPT method, 1H-1H and 1H-13C-n.m.r. correlations give much valuable information from the chemical shifts of the complex carboxymethylchitosan spectra. The relative reactivity of the functional groups of chitosan towards carboxymethylation was also determined assuming a higher reactivity of the C-6 position.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaudo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Dung
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002686:Chitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D048271:Chitosan; D006859:Hydrogen; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; C077199:O,N-carboxymethylchitosan; D002686:Chitin; D006859:Hydrogen; C068302:N-(carboxymethyl)chitosan; D048271:Chitosan