A method of preparing a water-soluble carboxylakylated chitin comprises
(i) freezing a highly concentrated aqueous alkali solution which contains chitin; and
(ii) dispersing the frozen mixture obtained from step (i) in an organic solvent containing an etherifying agent offormula:
wherein X represents chlorine or bromine, and n denotes an interger of 1,2 or 3, thereby to etherify hydroxyl groups of the chitin.
The carboxyalkylated chitin may be deacetylated by treating it with an aqueous alkali. The carboxyalkylated and de- acetylated carboxyalkylated chitin derivatives can be used in techniques of ion-exchange.
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水溶性羧烷基化甲壳素的方法包括:(i) 将含有甲壳素的高浓度碱
水溶液冷冻;(ii) 将步骤(i)得到的冷冻混合物分散在含有醚化剂的有机溶剂中,醚化甲壳素的羟基。 羧烷基化甲壳素可用碱
水溶液进行脱乙酰化处理。 羧烷基化和脱乙酰化的羧烷基化甲壳素衍
生物可用于离子交换技术。