Patent ID: 6534647
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: C07H,C08B,C11D

Abstract:
A fructan N-alkylurethane which is composed of saccharide units of general formula:A(Oâ€”COâ€”NHâ€”R)s whereinA represents a fructosyl unit (F) or a terminal glucosyl unit (G) of said fructan, being a levan or an inulin, with a degree of polymerization (DP) of minimum 3, (Oâ€”COâ€”NHâ€”R) represents an N-alkylaminocarbonyloxy group replacing a hydroxyl group of the saccharide unit A, wherein R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group containing from 3 to 22 carbon atoms and any mixture thereof, and s represents the number of N-alkylaminocarbonyloxy groups per saccharide unit which is expressed as degree of substitution (DS), and said DS has a value ranging from 0.10 to 2.0.