The influence of cellulose complexite swelling on its protolytic properties in aqueous-organic mixtures

The swellability of cellulose complexite containing hydroxamic acid and amidoxime groups and its matrix (grafted copolymer of cellulose and polyacrylonitrle) in variable-composition water-methanol and water-dimethylsulfoxide mixtures was studied by pH metry, refractometry, and atomic absorption spectroscopy over the pH range 5.30–12.87 corresponding to the dissociation of the functional groups of fibers. The solvation characteristics of fibers, including specific volume, degree of sorption, and interphase distribution coefficients of mixture components, were determined experimentally. The Gibbs energies of sample swelling and the dissociation constants of complexite groups were calculated taking into account the contribution of the solvation parameter. The suggestion was made that the acid properties of the polymer were determined by the predominant influence of the specific solvation of its matrix caused by the formation of H-bonds in complexite-solvent systems.