Improving Extraction Processes of Crustacean Chitin Using Solid State Analytical Techniques

Authors

Fionn O'Fearghail, Technological University DublinFollow
Michelle Giltrap, Techological University DublinFollow
Christine O'Connor, Technological University DublinFollow
Patrice Behan, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

1.4 CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Publication Details

SSRG International Journal of Applied Chemistry (SSRG-IJAC), vol. 6, issue 2, May-Aug 2019

Abstract

Solid state analytical techniques are becoming more widely used for the analysis of a range of organic products which demonstrate very poor solubility in both common organic and polar solvents and as such cannot be accurately characterised using solution based techniques. Primarily used as a secondary technique for qualitative analysis of insoluble intermediates and products in organic synthesis, 13C CP-MAS NMR can be utilised in tandem with a targeted extraction and clean up procedure for accurate quantitative analysis of insoluble bio-molecules of interest. Here solid state 13C CP-MAS NMR is utilised as the primary analytical technique in the characterisation of crustacean sourced chitin whereby Cancer pagurus crab shell chitin and Pandalus borealis shrimp shell chitin are shown to have a degree of acetylation greater than 90%. FTIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and DSC provide secondary structural, molecular and thermal analysis of the raw materials and extracted chitin.

Recommended Citation

Ó Fearghail, F., Giltrap, M., O'Connor, C. & Behan, P. (2019). Improving extraction processes of crustacean chitin using solid state analytical techniques. SSRG International Journal of Applied Chemistry (SSRG-IJAC), vol.6(2), pp.23-30.