1984 Volume 42 Issue 6 Pages 567-574
This review deals with. the recent advances in the chemical modification of chitin and also some properties of the resulting derivatives. The reactions discussed here are (1) deacetylation to chitosan and some reactions on chitosan, (2) acylation, (3) glycolation, (4) carboxymethylation, (5) sulfation, and (6) miscellaneous reactions.