Partial esters of gellan
AssigneeFidia S.p.A.
InventorsFrancesco Della Valle, Vittorio Crescenzi, Lanfranco Callegaro
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to total and partial esters of gellan in which the esterifying alcohol component is derived from aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic alcohols, and salts of said partial esters with inorganic or organic bases, and compositions containing the same.
Claims3
A partial ester of gellan in which gellan is esterified with an araliphatic alcohol having one benzene residue and an aliphatic chain of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and wherein the benzene residue can be substituted by 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of methyl, methoxy, hydroxy and a halogen atom, and wherein the aliphatic chain can be substituted by one or two groups selected from the group consisting of free or mono- or diethylated amino groups, a pyrrolidine and a piperidine group, or a salt thereof with alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, ammonium, aluminum or organic bases.
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