Cellulose derivatives

Abstract

Stable microdispersed polyanhydroglucuronic acid and salts thereof contain in their polymeric chain from 8 to 30 percent by weight of carboxyl groups, at least 80 percent by weight of these groups being of the uronic type, at most 5 percent by weight of carbonyl groups including intra- and inter-molecular 2,6 and 3,6 hemiacetals, 2,4-hemialdals and C2 and C3 aldehydes. The molecular mass of the polymeric chain is from 1×103 to 3×105 Daltons. The microdispersed products are prepared by subjecting a polyanhydroglucuronic acid-containing material to partial or complete hydrolysis and neutralisation in an oxidative environment.

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