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  • Fast and facile dissolution of cellulose with tetrabutylphosphonium hydroxide containing 40 wt% water.

Fast and facile dissolution of cellulose with tetrabutylphosphonium hydroxide containing 40 wt% water.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2012-01-06)
Mitsuru Abe, Yukinobu Fukaya, Hiroyuki Ohno
ABSTRACT

Tetrabutylphosphonium hydroxide containing 40 wt% water dissolved 20 wt% cellulose at the final concentration within 5 minutes under mild stirring at 25 °C.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
Tetrabutylphosphonium bromide, 98%
Sigma-Aldrich
Tetrabutylphosphonium chloride, 96%