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Preparation of O-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)cellulose and its conversion to the O-(3-iodo-2-hydroxypropyl) derivative

L. Petruš and P. Gemeiner

Institute of Chemistry, Centre for Chemical Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, CS-842 38 Bratislava

Abstract:  Dioxan suspension is a suitable reaction medium for heterogeneous alkyla­tion of bead, powdery, and fibrous types of cellulose with chloromethyloxirane under catalysis of perchloric acid. The prepared 0-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)celIuIose was quantitatively converted to 0-(3-iodo-2-hydroxypropyl)-cellulose by treatment with sodium iodide in 2,4-pentariedione or acetone.

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Chemical Papers 38 (1) 133–138 (1984)