Trimethylsilylation of chitin and some properties of the product have been examined. Full substitution could be achieved on β-chitin under appropriate conditions. The high solubility along with easy desilylation enabled simple preparation of chitin films. Furthermore, the silylated chitin exhibited high reactivity and thus proved to be a convenient organosoluble precursor for facile modifications of this intractable biomass resource.
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