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Modification of Chitosan/Chitin and Its Oligosaccharides

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In view of rapidly growing interest in the amino polysaccharide chitosan/chitin and its oligosaccharides as functional biopolymer, a recent progress of basic and application studies in chitosan/chitin oligosaccharides chemistry is reviewed as well as some basic aspects of this specialty biomass resource. A special emphasis is placed on the controlled modification reactions to prepare chitin derivatives with well-defined structures and thereby to construct sophisticated molecular architecture having various advanced functions. The reactions discussed here include acylation, quaternary ammonium salt, carboxyalkylation, graft copolymerization, quaternary salt formation, Schiff base formation, reductive alkylation, microwave modification. For conducting modification reactions in a facile and controlled manner, some soluble chitosan/chitin oligosaccharides derivatives are convenient. To fully explore the high potential of these specialty biopolymers, basic and application researches are being made extensively.

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Liu, X., Jiang, Q. (2019). Modification of Chitosan/Chitin and Its Oligosaccharides. In: Zhao, L. (eds) Oligosaccharides of Chitin and Chitosan. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9402-7_7

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