Chitosan modification : toward the rational tailoring of properties

The main objective of this work was to develop a method whereby chitosan could be modified to give synthetic analogues of branched polysaccharides. To this end, a variety of allyl glycosides were prepared (99-102, 105, 108,109 and 111) and reductively ozonolyzed, to give the acetaldehydo glycosides...

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Main Author: Holme, Kevin R.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27319