Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for silylating poly-, oligo- or disaccharides, or derivatives thereof, by dissolving them in an ionic liquid and reacting them with a silylating agent.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for breaking down cellulose by dissolving the cellulose in an ionic liquid and treating it with a nucleophile.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing ionic liquids [A]+n[Y]n- by reacting ionic liquids, the anion of which is a halogenide [A]+[X]-, with an acid H+n[Y]n-, wherein the formed hydrohalic acid is collected with an amine and the thus formed ammonium halide can be separated.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a method for acylating polysaccharides or oligosaccharides in which a polysaccharide or oligosaccharide is dissolved in at least one ionic liquid and, in step A), is treated with at least one acid, optionally with the addition of water (step A1), or optionally with the addition of water at an elevated temperature (step A2), and the polysaccharides or oligosaccharides so obtained, the DP of which is lower than that of the polysaccharides or oligosaccharides used, is reacted in step B) with an acylating agent.