Table 1.
Summary of CDP-catalyzed oligomerization reaction with organic solvents.
| organic solvent | state of product |  |
PSD of DP | allomorph | %χc | ||
| species | concentration (vol %) | (inversion test) | (NMR) | (MALDI–TOF mass) | (MALDI–TOF mass) | (XRD and/or ATR-FTIR) | (XRD) |
| no organic solvent | 0 | precipitate [31,42] | 10 [31,42] | 9 | 1.9 | cellulose II [31,42] | 52 [42] |
| DMSO | 5 | precipitate | – | 9 | 1.4 | – | – |
| DMSO | 10 | gel | 8 | 8 | 1.2 | cellulose II | 60 |
| DMSO | 15 | gel | – | 8 | 1.1 | – | – |
| DMSO | 20 | gel | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | cellulose II | 64 |
| DMSO | 25 | trace amount of product | – | 8 | 1.1 | – | – |
| DMF | 10 | precipitate | 9 | 9 | 1.6 | cellulose II | – |
| MeCN | 10 | precipitate | – | 10 | 1.9 | – | – |
| EtOH | 10 | gel | 9 | 9 | 1.3 | cellulose II | 62 |