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. 2021 Nov 30;26(23):7264. doi: 10.3390/molecules26237264

Table 1.

Solubility of alginates in various solvents (c = 15 mg/mL).

H2O EG DMAc DMF DMSO DMAc
/LiCl
DMF /TBAF DMSO /TBAF DMAc /TBAF DMI
/TBAF
H-Alg −-
Alg-Na +
Alg-TBAF + + - + + + +

H-Alg—alginic acid; Alg-Na—sodium alginate; Alg-TBA—tetrabutylammonium alginate; EG—ethylene glycol; DMAc—N,N-dimethylacetamide; (+)—complete solubility; (−)—partially soluble or insoluble.