• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.23-31
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• 1992

A novel O-diethylaminoethyl chitosan (DEAE-chitosan) was synthesized via Schiff's reaction between chitosan and benzaldehyde. $C_2$ amino group was protected via Schiffs base reaction with benzaldehyde to form N-benzylidene chitosan. After reaction with diethylaminoethyl chloride, Schiffs base was removed by reacting O-diethylaminothyl-N-benzylidene chitosan and hydrochloric acid. Tensile strength of DEAE-chitosan was improved due to the incorporation of bulky side group in $C_6$ position of chitosan. DEAE-chitosan showed a pH-dependent swelling characteristics. Release rate of riboflavin was dependent on the water content of DEAE-chitosan that is a function of crosslinking degrees.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.583-590
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• 1993

O-Diethylaminoethyl chitosan containing weak cation exchange group had been synthesized. It was used to separate albumin and lysozyme as stationary phase in liquid chromatography column. The separation of acidic and basic dyes were preliminarily conducted to investigate the effect of polarity parameter of solvents. Based on this result, we investigated various factors on the separation efficiency of chromatography in column. In the case of using water-methanol as cosolvent, the resolution factor depended on the polarity parameter. The best resolution factor was 1.42 for DEAE-chitosan with the degree of substitution of 0.23.