GB2070612A - Method of producing O-trimethylsilyl celluloses - Google Patents

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GB2070612A
GB2070612A GB8104148A GB8104148A GB2070612A GB 2070612 A GB2070612 A GB 2070612A GB 8104148 A GB8104148 A GB 8104148A GB 8104148 A GB8104148 A GB 8104148A GB 2070612 A GB2070612 A GB 2070612A
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A method of producing O-trimethylsilyl celluloses having a degree of substitution of up to 2.0 includes the steps of swelling wood or cotton cellulose in anhydrous, liquid ammonia, reacting it with trimethylchlorosilane, dissolving the reaction product in a strongly polar aprotic solvent, and, if desired, processing it into a dry product by precipitation. Suitable solvents are dimethyl formamide, dimethyl acetamide, N-methyl pyrrolidone and dimethylsulphoxide.

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SPECIFICATION Improvements in or relating to a method of producing novel O-trimethylsilyl celluloses The invention relates to a method of producing novel O-trimethylsilyl celluloses having a degree of substitution of up to 2.0, preferably 1.4 to 1.6.
Various experiments have been carried out in order to silylate the free hydroxy groups of cellulose in the positions 2,3 and 6 of the anhydroglucose units.
The studies performed so far in this field were aimed at obtaining trimethylsilyl and other di- and tri-organosilyl derivatives of cellulose, which are soluble in apolar solvents. The desired solubility properties could be observed only with products in which, in the statistical median, at least two hydroxy groups per anhydroglucose units had been silylated, i.e. with products having a mean degree of substitution (DS) of 2 to 3, possibly over 2.5.
G. Keilich et al. (Makromol. Chem. 120 (1968), 87-95) for the first time produced, among others, 2,3,6-tris-0-trimethylsilyl cellulose of native cotton cellulose having a mean-weight average degree of polymerisation (DPw) of about 5,800. After bucking the cellulose was reacted in pyridine under nitrogen with a 0.5% aqueous NaOH solution containing an excess of trimethylchlorosilane. The resulting tris-0trimethylsilyl cellulose (O--TMS cellulose, I) was soluble only in apolar solvents, such as n-hexane and cyclohexane, and precipitable from these solutions with ethanol. Tetrahydrofuran (THF), dioxane, benzene, toluene and chloroform merely cause a swelling of (I).Keilich et al. also found out that this O--TMS cellulose is considerably less sensitive to hydrolysis than e.g.
O--TMS glucoses. Thus, the hydrolysis of a TMS group per unit in the O--TMS cellulose takes place by K2CO3 in methanol only after 75 minutes at 50 C. A complete desilylation under these conditions occurs only after three hours of boiling under reflux.
OTMS celluloses which are also soluble in aliphatic and aromatic, if desired chlorinated, hydrocarbons and which contain2 to 3 O-TMS groups per anhydroglucose unit are products from the method according to U.S. Patent No.
3,418,312, according to which cellulose is added to a mixture of trimethylchlorosilane, a mono or disaccharide, a solvent and a tertiary amine.
U.S. Patent No. 3,418,313 relates to the production of O--TMS celluloses with the same solubility properties by the addition of pure trimethylchlorosilane - prepared by reacting hexamethyldisilazane with anhydrous hydrogen chloride -- to a mixture of cellulose, a tertiary amine, and a solvent.
According to U.S. Patent No. 3,432,488 organosilylated celluloses having a degree of substitution (DS) of between 2 and 3 are obtained by the reaction of a cellulose material with an organosilylamide and/or a silazane in N alkylpyrrolidone or hexamethyl phosphoric acid triamide; the actually produced O-trimethylsilyl celluloses had a DS of 2.6 and 2.73.
K. Bredereck and Colleagues (Makromolekulare Chem. 126(1969), 139-146) equally used N-trimethylsilylacetamide as a silylating agent in tetraline or cyclohexanon for cellulose regenerated from cellulose acetate or native cellulose. When reacting cellulose in an N-trimethylsilylacetamide melt, a DS of 2.95 was obtained. The unusual stability of the O--TMS celluloses against hydrolysis is stressed also by these authors.
J. Nagy et al. (Period. Polytechn. Chem. Eng.
18,91-98, 1972) chose hexamethyldisilazane in pyridine in the presence of catalytic amounts of trimethylchlorosilane for the silylation of Cellophane (Registered Trade Mark) used as a model substance. The product obtained was soluble in toluene. In this publication the discrepancy of bibliographical data referring to the solubility behaviour of cellulose derivatives silylated with trialkylchlorosilanes in organic solvents was pointed out.
R. E. Harmon and Colleagues (Carbohydrate Research, 81(1973), 407-409) reacted various polysaccharides with hexamethyldisilazane in formamide at 700C and, among others, obtained tris-0-trimethylsi lyl cellulose by precipitating the reaction products with anhydrous acetone, which cellulose was soluble in benzene, toluene and chloroform.
None of the O-trimethylsilyl celluloses produced so far was soluble in polar solvents. It has not been possible to seriously take into consideration the processing of such solutions into shaped bodies of regenerated cellulose on a larger scale, since solutions in apolar solvents cannot be processed, for instance, according to the conventional wet-spinning methods by using aqueous regenerating baths.
The invention has as its object to provide a method of producing O-trimethylsilyl celluloses that are soluble in polar solvents, in particular solvents mixable with water, and for which celluloses of different degrees of polymerisation and of any desired origin can be used as starting materials. The invention is based on the knowledge that O-trimethylsilyl celluloses with a DS of up to 2.0, preferably 1.4 to 1.6, do meet the solubility demands mentioned.
The object set is achieved with a method of producing substituted celluloses of the indicated DS in that wood or cotton celluloses are swollen in anhydrous, liquid ammonia, then reacted with trimethylchlorosilane, the reaction product is dissolved in a strongly polar aprotic solvent and, if desired, is processed to a dry product by precipitation.
As strongly polar aprotic solvents dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethylacetamide (DMA), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) may be used.
The silylation reaction in the presence of ammonia occurs via the intermediarily forming hexamethyldisilazane [(CH3)3-Si-NH-Si-(CH3)31. An embodiment of the method according to the invention therefore may consist in adding preformed hexamethyidisilazane to the cellulose swollen with ammonia.
As precipitating agents water, aliphatic ethers or aromatic hydrocarbons may be used. Water is preferred.
However, it is also possible to obtain 0trimethylsilyl celluloses in a dry state by evaporating the solvent, instead of precipitating it from the solvent.
Suitably, ammonia is removed by heating and evacuation after the reaction of the swollen cellulose with trimethylchlorosilane. Ammonia may be removed also by neutralisation. An extensive removal of ammonia is significant for the hydrolytic stability and thus the handling ability of trimethylsilyl celluloses.
The reaction product advantageously is purified by being dissolved in dimethylacetamide or dimethylformamide and by separation of the insoluble ammonium chloride.
For the method of the invention, celluloses having a mean average degree of polymerisation of about 30 to about 3,000 may be used.
The amount of trimethylchlorosilane, based on the amount of cellulose used, is of no relevance; even with relatively large stoichiometric excesses of trimethylchlorosilane, products are obtained in any case whose DS is below 2.
The method according to the invention will now be explained in more detail by the following examples.
EXAMPLE 1 Production of O-trimethylsilyl cellulose with DS 1.46.
Into a three-necked flask having a volume of 100 ml and equipped with a stirrer, an introduction tube and a methanol dry-ice bath, 2 g (12.34 mmole) of cellulose are fed and 50 ml of ammonia dried over solid KOH and calcium chips are condensed in. Thereafter, swelling is allowed to take place at this temperature for another 1/2 hour to 1 hour. Then 4 g (37.04 mmole) of trimethylchlorosilane are added by dropping and the mixture is allowed to react over night at the same temperature. The ammonia is evaporated by slowly heating the mixture, the final residues are removed by appiying a water jet vacuum with a drying cartridge filled with KOH interposed during 3 to 4 hours. If there is still too much ammonia present, hydrolysis and precipitation may take place already during the subsequent dissolution procedure.
By the addition of 100 ml of DMA, the silyl cellulose is dissolved and the insoluble ammonium chloride is removed by centrifugation or filtering.
The product is precipitated with water, sucked off and washed with water to be free of chloride. If the chloride is not removed by washing, the silyl cellulose is at least partly hydrolysed during the subsequent drying step in a high vacuum.
Yield: 3 g (90% of theory), Si: 15.3%, DS: 1.46.
EXAMPLE 2 Into a three-necked flask having a volume of 200 ml and equipped with a stirrer, an introduction tube and a methanol dry-ice bather 2 g (12.34 mmole) of cellulose are fed and 50 ml of dry ammonia are condensed in. After half an hour of swelling, 12 g (111.12 mmole) of trimethylchlorosilane are added by dropping and the reaction mixture is allowed to react over night.
Excess ammonia is extensively evaporated by heating, the final residues are sucked off by a pump. By the addition of 100 ml of DMF the silyl cellulose is dissolved, filtered from insoluble ammonium chloride, precipitated with water, sucked off, and washed with water to be free of chloride.
Yield: 3.1 g (about 90% of theory), Si: 15.5%, DS: 1.50.
EXAMPLE 3 2 g (12.34 mmole) of cellulose were swollen in liquid ammonia in a manner analogous to Examples 1 and 2, and reacted with 6 g (37.27 mmole) of hexamethyldisilazane. After the stripping of ammonia the remaining residue is dissolved in DMF for purification. From the filtered solution the silyl cellulose is obtained in a solid state by precipitation with water, washing, and drying.
Yield: 3.1 g (93% of theory), Si: 15.0%, DS: 1.42.
The silylated celluloses produced according to the invention are soluble in the polar solvents mentioned, up to concentrations of about 16% by weight. The viscosities of the solutions depend on the DPs of the celluloses used. With DP-values of about 400, they range between 30,000 and 32,000 cP, thus being excellently suited, for instance, for spinning.

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1. A method of producing novel O-trimethylsilyl celluloses having a degree of substitution of up to 2.0, preferably 1.4 to 1.6, which method comprises swelling wood or cotton celluloses in anhydrous, liquid ammonia, reacting it with trimethylchlorosilane, dissolving the reaction product in a strongly polar aprotic solvent, and, if desired, processing it into a dry product by precipitation.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein water, aliphatic ethers, or aromatic hydrocarbons are used as precipitating agents.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein, after reacting the swollen cellulose with trimethylchlorosilane, ammonia is removed by heating and evacuation.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein, after reacting the swollen cellulose with trimethylchlorosilane, ammonia is removed by neutralisation.
5. A method according to claims 1 to 4, wherein the reaction product is purified by dissolution in dimethylacetamide and separation of the insoluble ammonium chloride.
6. A modified embodiment according to claim 1 , wherein celluloses swollen with ammonia are reacted with preformed hexamethyldisilazane.
7. A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Examples 1 and 2.
8. A modified embodiment substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Example 3.
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