title: Green synthesis of a typical chiral stationary phase of cellulose-tris(3, 5-dimethylphenylcarbamate).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  At present, the study on the homogeneous-phase derivatization of cellulose in ionic liquid is mainly focused on its acetylation. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no such report on the preparation of cellulose-tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) (CDMPC) with ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride (AmimCl) so far.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl) as a reaction solvent, cellulose-tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) (CDMPC) was synthesized by the reaction of 3,5-dimethylphenyl isocyanate and soluble microcrystalline cellulose in a homogeneous phase. The synthesized CDMPC was then coated onto the surfaces of aminopropyl silica gel to prepare a chiral stationary phase (CSP). The prepared CSP was successfully used in chiral separation of seven racemic pesticides by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Good chiral separation was obtained using n-hexane and different modifiers as the mobile phases under the optimal percentage and column temperature, with the resolution of metalaxyl, diniconazole, flutriafol, paclobutrazol, hexaconazole, myclobutanil and hexythiazox of 1.73, 1.56, 1.26, 1.00, 1.18, 1.14 and 1.51, respectively. The experimental results suggested it was a good choice using a green solvent of AmimCl for cellulose functionalization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CDMPC was successfully synthesized as the chiral selector by reacting 3, 5-dimethylphenyl isocyanate with dissolved microcrystalline cellulose in a green ionic liquid of AmimCl.
authors.affiliation: College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P,R, China. blyang2006@163.com.
authors.forename: Run-Qiang
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lian-Yang
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Yi-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhang
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