Cellulose Derivatives: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties

Preface.- Introduction.- Production and characteristics of cellulose from different sources.- Plant cellulose.- Bacterial cellulose.- Structurally modified cellulose.- Structure and Properties of Cellulose and its Derivatives.- Molecular and Supramolecular structure of cellulose.- Molar mass and its distribution.- Structural Information.- Cellulose Activation and Dissolution.- Activation of Cellulose.- Dissolution of cellulose.- Principles of cellulose derivatization.- The heterogeneous versus the homogeneous reaction path: Advantages and limitations.- Esterification of cellulose - general comments.- Etherification of cellulose - overview.- Regioselective synthesis of cellulose derivatives using protecting groups.- Cellulose esters.- Esters of carboxylic acids.- Esters of sulfonic acids and their use for Sn reactions.- Esters of inorganic acids.- Etherification of cellulose.- Ionic cellulose ethers.- Nonionic cellulose ethers.- Silyl ethers.