Process for the production of water-insoluble fibers of cellulose monoesters of maleic acid, succinic acid and phthalic acid, having an extremely high absorbability for water and physiological liquids

US4734239A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Akzo N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Michael Diamantoglou · Zell am Harmersbach, DE
• Gerhard Meyer · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 1986
• Grant date: Mar 29, 1988
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D01F2/28
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Water-insoluble fibers of cellulose monoester of maleic acid, succinic acid, or phthalic acid having an extremely high absorption ability for water and physiological liquids are produced by (a) preparing at 20.degree. to 80.degree. C. a solution of activated cellulose in dimethylacetamide or 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidon containing 5 to 30% by weight activated cellulose of an average degree of polymerization from 300 to 800 and 3 to 20% by weight LiCl, (b) reacting the solution with a corresponding carboxylic acid anhydride in a mol ratio from 1:0.20 to 1:4 at 20.degree. to 120.degree. C. in the presence of known esterification catalyst until a degree of esterification from 0.1 to 1.7, (c) wet-spinning the cellulose monoester solution into a coagulation agent, with or without (d) converting the fibers of cellulose monoester of phthalic acid and, if necessary, the of cellulose monoester of maleic acid or succinic acid, in a substantially organic solvent by means of reaction with alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal alcoholate, ammonia, primary or secondary amines, partially or completely into fiber-shaped salts.