The invention discloses a preparation method of high-molecular-weight
cellulose acetate
propionate, which comprises the following steps: S1, activation: soaking
cellulose in
acetic acid to obtain activated
cellulose; s2, esterification: mixing the activated cellulose with
acetic anhydride,
propionic anhydride and an N-
alkyl sulfamic acid catalyst, and reacting to obtain
cellulose acetate propionate esterification reaction liquid; s3,
hydrolysis: adding water into the
cellulose acetate propionate esterification reaction solution, and carrying out
hydrolysis reaction to obtain a
hydrolysis reaction solution; and S4, neutralizing the hydrolysis reaction solution, filtering, and separating to obtain the high-molecular-weight
cellulose acetate propionate. According to the method, N-
alkyl sulfamic acid is used as a catalyst, degradation in the cellulose esterification process can be effectively reduced,
cellulose acetate propionate with the weight-average molecular weight larger than 120,000 is obtained, meanwhile, N-
alkyl sulfamic acid is used as the catalyst, generation of gelatinous low-
polymerization-degree cellulose ester can be reduced, and the yield of
cellulose acetate propionate is increased. The filtering performance of the reaction liquid is obviously improved, and the
turbidity value of the product is reduced.