A simple methylation method for obtaining water-soluble O-methyl glucomannan derivatives
2011
Abstract Water-soluble O-methyl glucomannan derivatives (O-MGs) with various degrees of substitution were obtained by direct alkylation reaction of an insoluble glucomannan with methyl iodide without any organic solvent including methanol and dimethyl sulfoxide. The structure of O-MGs was characterized by 1 H, 13 C, 1 H 13 C NMR-HSQC, and 1 H 13 C NMR-HMBC spectra. The reactive conditions for synthesizing of O-MG derivatives were also evaluated. The results shown that the optimal conditions for methylation of glucomannan were pH 10, temperature of 40 °C for 3 h. The degree of substitution ( DS ¯ ) of O-substitution increased from 0.09 to 0.175 since the ratio (w/v) of glucomannan/methyl iodide changed from 1/3 to 1/15.
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