Effect of Alkyl Chain Length on Dissolution and Regeneration Behavior of Cotton in 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate Ionic Liquids.

Niwanthi Dissanayake, Vidura D Thalangamaarachchige, Edward Quitevis, Noureddine Abidi

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Niwanthi DissanayakeDepartment of Chemistry and Physics, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70605, USA.

Vidura D ThalangamaarachchigeDepartment of Chemistry and Physics, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70605, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-5574-7026

Edward QuitevisDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5617-7652

Noureddine AbidiFiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79403, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5642-6332

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Ionic liquids (ILs) have attained considerable attention as cellulose solvents. Nevertheless, the detailed mechanism of cellulose dissolution in ILs is not clearly defined. It is crucial to recognize the role of the individual components of the ILs to fully understand this mechanism. During this study, the effect of alkyl chain length in imidazolium cation was examined using synthesized ILs which are composed of common acetate anion and imidazolium cations with different alkyl substituents. This study also aimed to investigate the odd-even effect of alkyl chain carbons. Furthermore, whereas most published investigations on cellulose dissolution in ILs used microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), which has a far lower degree of polymerization, in this study, cotton cellulose was used. During the dissolution experiments, cotton cellulose (5%

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alkyl chain lengthcationcelluloseionic liquidspolarized light microscopy

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PMID40649230

DOI10.3390/molecules30132711

PMCPMC12250992

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