title: Cellulose carbonates: a platform for promising biopolymer derivatives with multifunctional capabilities.
abstract: Cellulose carbonates as a platform compound open new possibilities for the design of advanced materials based on the most important renewable resource cellulose. In the present feature, the chemistry of cellulose carbonates is discussed considering own research results adequately. After a short overview about methods for activation of polysaccharides for a conversion with nucleophilic compounds in particular with amines, details about various methods for the synthesis of polysaccharide carbonates are discussed. The main issue of the feature is the synthesis and aminolysis of cellulose carbonates with low, intermediate, and high degree of substitution and the evaluation of this chemistry with respect to specific challenges. Functional cellulose carbamates, obtained from cellulose phenyl carbonate by aminolysis, show the potential use of this class of celluloses. Immunoassays and zwitterionic polymers are included as representative examples regarding properties and application of the new cellulose-based products.
authors: Center of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Elschner
authors: Center of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany. Thomas.Heinze@uni-jena.de.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Heinze
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers; D002219:Carbamates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D002219:Carbamates; C034464:cellulose carbonate; D002482:Cellulose
keywords: carbonates; cellulose; functional cellulose carbamates; immunoassays; synthesis