The invention discloses a preparation and purification method of carboxymethyl
chitin, which comprises the following steps: crushing a proper amount of blocky
chitin raw material, adding the crushed blocky
chitin raw material into an
alcohol solution, fully stirring to fully swell the chitin, adding a pre-prepared alkali solution into the solution, carrying out alkalization reaction, adding pre-prepared
carboxylation reaction liquid in batches, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain the carboxymethyl chitin. The preparation method comprises the following steps: fully carrying out carboxymethylation reaction, standing, removing supernate, filtering to obtain a crude carboxymethyl chitin product, carrying out alkali-assisted
alcohol precipitation, adding the precipitate into a low-concentration
alcohol solution, adjusting the pH value to be neutral by using acid in a stirring state, adding a high-concentration alcohol solution, uniformly stirring, filtering, removing supernate and the like. According to the method, a traditional heterogeneous
reaction system preparation process is optimized, the alkali-assisted alcohol
precipitation and step-by-step
elution technology is utilized for purification treatment, the dosage of
ethanol is saved, the problems that in the prior art, carboxymethyl chitin is high in purification cost, high in
salt content and the like are solved, and the process is simple, efficient, low in cost, good in purification effect and suitable for industrial production.