SYNTHESIS OF CATIONIC CELLULOSE AS POLYMERIC SURFACTANTS Dewi Sondari and Agus Haryono

SYNTHESIS OF CATIONIC CELLULOSE AS POLYMERIC SURFACTANTS
Dewi Sondari and Agus Haryono
Polymer Chemistry Group, Research Center for Chemistry
Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Tangerang 15314 - INDONESIA
Phone: +62-21-7560929, Fax:+62-21-7560549
e-mail address : sondaridewi@yahoo.com
Abstract
The synthesis of cationic cellulose dissolved in water was conducted at 50o for 2 hours
continued at temperature 76oC for 15 minutes in a glass reactor. The cationic cellulose was
synthesized through one-step substitution reaction The chemical composition of cationic
cellulose was analyzed by FTIR (Fourier-Transformed Infra-Red). The successful conjugation
onto cellulose chain confirmed by 1H NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance). Water solubility of
cationic cellulose product was measured using UV-Visible spectrophotometer at 600 nm.
Keywords: Cationic cellulose, polymeric surfactants, water- soluble polymer, 1H NMR, FTIR

Introduction
Cellulose is a natural polymer which is abundant in nature. Main resource of cellulose is
wood. Commonly, composition of cellulose in wood is about 50% and the other major compound
is lignin. Cellulose is built by glucose chains which is connected onto β-1,4, glucose having
molecular formulation C6H12O6 (Cowd, 1991 & Kirk, 1993).

Cellulose is a raw material for many products such as paper, film, fiber additive etc. This
materials is consist of anhydroglucopyranose connecting each other to form polymer chain.
Therefore cellulose can be identified as glucan linear polymer with uniform chain structure (Fengel,
1989). Cellulose is a homopolysaccharide structure of β-D glucopyranose fitted by glycocide (1,4)
bond. According to Hardjo et al , each fiber in cellulose is composed from about 3000 glucose
molecules with the molecule mass of 500.000 (Hardjo, 1989). In the nature, cellulose is structured
in fibril form consisted of several paralel cellulose molecules which connected with hydrogen. The
fibrils form crystal structure.
Fengel dan Wegener explained that there are two cellulose crystalline structures, i.e. I-α
cellulose and I-β cellulose distinguished by hydrogen bond. In I-α structure of cellulose, one unit
triclinate cell containing one cellulose chain, whereas in I-β cellulose one cell monoclinate
containing two cellulose chains (Fengel, 1989).
Bacterial cellulose consist of about 60% of cellulose, differ from plant cellulose (e.g hemp
and cotton) which is just consist of 30% of I-α cellulose, and the remaining is I-β cellulose.
Cellulose have three hydroxyl groups per anhydroglucose residual, so it can be reacted like
esterification, etherification, addition, etc (Hardjo, 1989).
Cationic polymer such as cationic cellulose can also be used as a thickening agent besides
as a stabilizer. If a certain polymer compound is added into an emulsion system, the system is able
to maintain its stability (Schueller, 1999). In this case, polymer material perform as a binding
agent between oil phase and water phase. In order to perform as a binding agent attractively, the

cationic polymers should be connected with Hydrophyle Lypophyle Balance (HLB), which make
balance between the water base compound and oil base compound.
Cationic polymer formed by columbic attraction (interaction between charges particles,
different charges particle will attract each other and the opposite will reject if it has same charges)
on the anion surface.
Generally, cationic polymer is aliphatic polymer that has positive charges in the polymer
structure. Cationic surfactant for instance, is cationic polymer that can be applied onto hair and skin
because of electrostatic interaction between positive and negative charges. Unlike surfactant, many
cationic polymers can form a film with anionic surfactant on hair and skin. This film gives
contribution as a softener for hairs and cuticules. Cationic polymers are made by replacing
hydroxyl group in fatty alkyl or amine group to form modified natural polymer. When the structure
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is similar with cationic surfactant in ammonium quaternary form, the polymer has more cationic
sides per each molecule and bigger molecular weight.
Cellulose is a natural polymer that can stabilize the system of emulsion. Cationic cellulose
derivative containing 2-hydroxypropyltrialkyl ammonium chloride can be used as conditioning
agent in hair and skin treatments (Drovetskaya, 2004). The molecular structure of cationic cellulose,
which was synthesized in this work, is shown in Figure 1.

CH

2O

O H

H

O

O
H


H

H

O
O
H
O H

H

H

O

O

H
O


O H
CH

2

O CH

2

CH

CH

3

Figure 1. Cationic cellulose derivatives

CH
N


2

+

C l-

CH

CH

n
3

3

The aim of this work is to synthesize the cationic cellulose as a polymeric surfactant
through one-step substitution reaction. The compounds are prepared by reacting cellulose with 3chloro-hydroxy-propyltrimethyl ammonium chloride in the presence of a solvent. The chemical
composition, atomic bonding C and H with uniquely chemistry movement for each compound were
identified using FTIR, and 1H NMR spectra. The water solubility of the obtained cationic cellulose
was measured at 25oC by using UV-Visible spectrophotometer at 600 nm.

Materials and Methods
Materials
Cellulose was obtained from PT. Tobako Indah Lestari Pulp (Medan, Indonesia). 3-chlorohydroxy-propyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (60 wt % soluble in water) was purchased from
Aldrich (Singapore). Sodium hydroxide, iso-propanol, and acetic acid were reagent grade.
Glass apparatus, vacuum oven, magnetic stirrer, pipettes, porcelain dish, electric heater,
pH-meter, and analytical balance, were used during synthesis of cationic cellulose.
Photomicroscope apparatus, FTIR spectrophotometer, NMR spectrophotometer and UV-Visible
spectrophotometer were used in order to characterize the obtained products.
Methods
Synthesis of cationic cellulose
Cationic cellulose was synthesized similarly to the previously reported manner (US patent,
1969). 34.3 grams of cellulose dissolved in 480 milliliters of aqueous iso-propanol and 45.4
milliliters of 20 percent sodium hydroxide. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at room
temperature. To the solution was added 3-chloro-hydroxy-propyltrimethyl ammonium chloride
and then the mixture was heated until 50oC temperature for 2 hour continued at temperature 76oC
for 15 minutes with vigorous stirring. The molar ratio of 3-chloro-hydroxy-propyltrimethyl
ammonium chloride to cellulose was 3:1. The product was washed with acetic acid to neutralize pH.
The process was repeated three times, and the product cationic cellulose was dried under vacuum at
45oC for a day.
Characterization of polymers

FTIR spectrum Analysis
Infrared absorption spectra of cellulose and cationic cellulose were studied by FTIR using
IR Prestige-21 Shimadzu (Shimadzu Co., Japan). The polymers were mixed with KBr and pressed
to a plate for measurement. All of the spectra were measured 16 scans at a resolution of 4 cm-1. A
background spectrum containing no sample was substracted from all spectra.

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H NMR spectrum Analysis
The atomic bonding C and H with uniquely chemistry movement for each compound can
be seen with 1H NMR spectra. 1H NMR spectra were obtained on a JEOL 500 spectrometer (500
MHz for 1H) on D2O at 25 oC.

Measurement of Water Solubility of Cationic Cellulose
Series of concentration of the obtained cellulose in aqueous solution were prepared by the
addition of cationic cellulose to water such the concentration ranged from 0.2 to 20 g/dL. The
transmittance of each solution was measured at 600 nm using a UV-visible spectrophotometer. The
materials are considered insoluble when the transmittance of the polymer solution is less than 50%

of the transmittance for deionized water.
Result and Discussion
Cationic cellulose was synthesized using 3-chloro-hydroxy-propyltrimethyl ammonium
chloride through one-step substitution reaction. The FTIR spectra for cellulose and the synthesized
cationic cellulose can be seen in Figures 2 and 3.

90
%T
87.5

85

3776.62

82.5

1764.87

80


2067.69

1660.71

2453.45
2524.82

3577.95

75

2740.85

72.5

898.83

1240.23
1201.65


νC-O-C
657.73

611.43

60

561.29

993.34

62.5

1053.13

1157.29

1357.89
1323.17

65

1105.21

1431.18

2889.37

2833.43

3084.18

3275.13

67.5

3142.04

νΟΗ

70

1282.66

3626.17

2131.34

2376.3 0

77.5

57.5

55
4000
selulosa

3750

3500

3250

3000

2750

2500

2250

2000

1750

1500

1250

1000

750

500
1/cm

Figure 2. FTIR spectra of cellulose

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85

%T

3981.08

3778.55

80

2156.42
2115.91

2372. 44

1766.80

75

70

65

657.73
611.43
576.72
563.21
532 35

902.69

νCH3
1153.43

1413.82
1371.39

νΟΗ

50

1269.16
1236.37
1199.72

1477.47

3304.06
3286.70
3265.49
3248.13

55

1575.84

2883.58

2833.43

2980.02
2943.37

60

45

νC-O-C
1064.71
1026.13

νC-O-C

40

35
4000
3750
selulosa 1:4

3500

3250

3000

2750

2500

2250

2000

1750

1500

1250

1000

750

500
1/cm

Figure 3. FTIR spectra of cationic cellulose
There are two characteristic peaks of cellulose at 3287 cm-1 of v(OH), and 1240 cm-1 of
v(C-O-C). The peak represented to the methyl band of 3-chloro-hydroxy-propyltrimethyl
ammonium chloride at 1471 cm-1 was presented in the spectra for cationic cellulose but not in the
spectra for unmodified cellulose. Characteristic peaks of alcohol and second alcohol between 1157
and 1053 cm-1 are not changed in cationic cellulose confirming the lack of the introducing the alkyl
group at cellulose backbone (Qin, 2002).
Further, to confirm the success of the reaction, 1H NMR analysis of cellulose and cationic
cellulose was performed in D2O solution. The peak position of each functional group in cationic
cellulose is shown in Figure 4.
From the obtained NMR spectra, peaks at δ = 3,4-3,5 ppm were attributed to the group of
C-3,4,5,6 of the cationic cellulose. Peak at δ = 3.2 ppm represents the -+N(CH3)3 groups in
ammonium side chain of the obtained cationic cellulose.

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CH3
ClN+ CH3

H 3C
6
CH2O
5

O

CH-CH-CH3
O

4

OH
1

O

OH
3

2
H

Figure 4. 1H NMR spectra of cationic cellulose
To determine the water solubility of the cationic cellulose, the transmittance of the polymer
solutions was measured by UV-visible spectroscopy as a function of the polymer concentration. As
shown in Figure 5, the transmittance is dependent on the polymer concentration. With increasing
the polymer concentration, the transmittance abruptly decreased. The experimental data were fitted
using a polynomial equation, and the curve was extraplotted to 50% transmittance in order to
estimate the solubility of the cationic cellulose. The water solubility of the cationic cellulose
obtained by the reaction between cellulose and 3-chloro-hydroxy-propyltrimethyl ammonium
chloride was 2 g/dL.
100
90
Transmitance (%)

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

2

4

6

8

10

20

Conce ntr ation (g/dL)

Figure 5. Water solubility of cationic cellulose
Conclusion
A cationic cellulose was synthesized by the substitution reaction of 3-chloro-hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride onto the cellulose chains. The Analyzing of the chemical
composition of cationic cellulose was identified by FTIR spectra (Fourier-Transformed Infra-Red)
and to confirm the successful conjugation onto cellulose chain was identified by 1H NMR (Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance) spectra. Water solubility of the obtained cationic cellulose was 2 g/dL.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are thankful for the financial support from Indonesia Toray Science
Foundation (ITSF) through Science and Technology Research Grant.
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