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Journal Article 
Fibrous long-chain organic acid cellulose esters and their characterization by diffuse reflectance FTIR spectroscopy, solid-state CP/MAS C-13-NMR, and X-ray diffraction 
Jandura, P; Kokta, BV; Riedl, B 
2000 
Yes 
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ISSN: 0021-8995
EISSN: 1097-4628 
78 
7 
1354-1365 
WOS:000089532400006 
Unsaturated and saturated organic acids with 11 and 18 carbon atoms, respectively, were used in a heterogeneous esterification reaction in the pyridine/toluene sulfonyl chloride system to prepare fibrous cellulose esters with different degrees of substitution. Highly bleached sulfite cellulose fibers were esterified during a 1- or 2-h reaction time with the following organic acids: undecylenic acid, undecanoic acid, oleic acid, and stearic acid. In all cases, the heterogeneous esterification yielded partially substituted cellulose esters retaining their fibrous structure. The substitution reaction was confirmed by diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy and the chemical structures of cellulose esters were identified by solid-state CP/MAS C-13-NMR (75.3 MHz). X-ray diffraction analyses showed broadening of the diffraction peaks with a higher degree of substitution of cellulose esters, which suggests structural changes within the cellulose fibers. Because the broadening peaks of X-ray spectra or the unassigned C-4 region of substituted cellulose chains in NMR spectra do not allow the calculation of dimensional changes of cellulose crystallites in cellulose esters, the lateral dimensions of crystallites in only cellulose fibers were calculated. The value derived from NMR (4.6 nm) differs by about 11% when compared with the value calculated from X-ray diffraction data (4.1 nm). (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 
long-chain organic acid cellulose esters; undecylenic acid; undecanoic acid; oleic acid; stearic acid; FTIR-DRIFT; C-13-NMR; X-ray diffraction