Synthesis and structure characterization of novel polyampholytes based on cellulose

Sulfobetainic polymers were synthesized by polymeranalogous reaction of new amino celluloses starting from cellulose tosylate. To obtain different amino celluloses as starting building blocks, a comprehensive study with a selection of asymmetric and symmetric N-alkylated diamines was performed. For reaction with asymmetric diamines, it turned out that the primary amino moiety reacts preferably. Derivatives thus obtained consist in a neutral main structural unit and a cationic side structural unit, which is not described up to now. In order to investigate the reactivity of the amino celluloses 6-deoxy-6-(N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamino) cellulose was used as uniform starting material for the design of novel polyampholytes by conversion with 1,3-propansultone. Detailed structure characterization was implemented by means of 1D and 2D-NMR spectroscopy.