Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.1, 31-33, 2011
Formation of Amylose-Poly(tetrahydrofuran) Inclusion Complexes in Ionic Liquid Media
In this study, we found that amylose-poly(tetrahydrofuran) (PTHF) inclusion complexes were formed when a mixture of amylose with PTHF was stirred in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride of an ionic liquid at high temperature under reduced pressure, followed by cooling and precipitation by addition of methanol.