Daisuke Hirose, Samuel Budi Wardhana Kusuma, Akina Yoshizawa, Naoki Wada, Kenji Takahashi
A new homogenous silylation method of cellulose is developed by mixing it with monohydrosilane in an ionic liquid. In this concise reaction with high atom economy, the ionic liquid acts as both the solvent and catalyst, and the only formal by-product generated is the clean fuel of molecular hydrogen. © 2023 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Central Java, Semarang City, 50229, Indonesia
