Preparation of 6-chloro-6-desoxy- and 6-iodo-6-desoxycellulose

Conclusions The reaction of 2,3-di-O-acetylcellulose with N-chloro- or N-iodosuccinimide and triphenylphosphine gave the 6-chloro-6-desoxy- and 6-iodo-6-desoxycellulose acetates with a respective degree of substitution (DS) in halogen of 0.8–1.0 and 0.7. The deacetylation of these compounds gave 6-chloro-6-desoxycellulose (DS 0.8) and 6-iodo-6-desoxycellulose (DS 0.6).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2158–2160, September, 1977.