Course title
植物繊維化学特論   [Advanced Plant Fiber Chemistry]
Course category specialized field courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 22  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 05MR5516
Instructor(s)
粕谷 夏基   [KASUYA Natsuki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
“Cellulose derivatives and fine chemistry”

The structure, reactivity, solubility, physical properties of cellulose and its modified derivatives will be outlined together with some recent results by our laboratories on cellulose-derived materials in view of fine chemistry.

As the most abundant organic material on earth, cellulose is widely used in various industries, such as paper making, textile, pharmaceutical, constructing and so on. To begin with, the lecture will be focused on the characteristics of molecular structure, reactivity, solvent and dissolution property, methods for estimating the structure of cellulose derivatives, followed by the recent topics of our laboratories on polymer alloy of cellulose and synthetic polymers, and synthesis and utilization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from cellulose, which is regarded as one of the building brick of bio refinery system in the future.
Expected Learning
Basic understanding of the structure, reactivity, physical properties of cellulose and its derivatives. Knowledge of modification and degradation of cellulose, and polymerization method for cellulose blockcopolymers.
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Course schedule
1. Characteristics of cellulose structure and its physical property
2. Solvents, dissolution and its mechanism of cellulose.
3. Structural parameters influencing solubility of cellulosics and their evaluation methods.
4. Examples of recent research topics in our laboratory.
a. Alloy of cellulose and synthetic polymers through block copolymerization
b. Synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from carbohydrate such as cellulose, glucose, fructose.
c. Polymerization of HMF derivatives.
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Handset will be delivered in class.
References
Students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below.
Assessment/Grading
Based on report.
Message from instructor(s)
While the content of the lecture will be based on chemistry, I will try to make it simply understandable to students who are not familiar with these topics.
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On Wednesday, 12:00-13:00
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3/20/2019 7:43:02 PM