Aggregation of some water-soluble derivatives of chitin in aqueous solutions: Role of the degree of acetylation and effect of hydrogen bond breaker

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• 作者：Olga E.  ; Philippova^a ;   ; ^{phil@polly.phys.msu.ru} ; Evgeniya V.  ; Korchagina^a ; Evgeny V.  ; Volkov^a ; Valery A.  ; Smirnov^a ; Alexei R.  ; Khokhlov^a ; Marguerite  ; Rinaudo^b
• 关键词：Association ; Chitosan ; Polyelectrolytes
• 刊名：Carbohydrate Polymers
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：4 January 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：87
• 期：1
• 页码：687-694
• 全文大小：815 K

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By dynamic light scattering in combination with fluorescence spectroscopy and TEM it was shown that aggregation in aqueous solutions is inherent not only to chitosan, but also to two other water-soluble derivatives of chitin: O-carboxymethylchitin and di-N,N-carboxymethylchitosan. Aggregation is observed even for the samples without N-acetyl-d-glucosamine units, which remain upon incomplete chemical modification of chitin, indicating that specific interactions between residual chitin repeat units cannot be the main reason for the aggregation. At the same time, 7 M urea weakens the aggregation, thus testifying that hydrogen bonding and/or hydrophobic interactions are partially responsible for this phenomenon. The incomplete disruption of aggregates in 7 M urea may arise from crystallization of junction zones between different macromolecules, which makes some hydrogen bonds inaccessible for urea or too stable for breaking by this agent.