This application relates to the field of water-soluble biomaterials, specifically disclosing a
hydroxypropyl chitosan, its preparation process, and its applications. The preparation process of
hydroxypropyl chitosan includes the following steps: dispersing
chitosan in
purified water, adding
acetic acid under stirring to dissolve and purify, obtaining purified
chitosan; adding the purified
chitosan to a mixture of
salicylaldehyde and 95%
ethanol, reacting, filtering, and washing to obtain
salicylaldehyde chitosan wet material; mixing the
salicylaldehyde chitosan wet material with isopropanol, maintaining the pH at 10-13, adding
propylene oxide / 1-chloro-2-
propanol dropwise, reacting, filtering, and washing to obtain amino-protected
hydroxypropyl chitosan; immersing the amino-protected hydroxypropyl chitosan in an HCl /
ethanol solution to deprotect, dialyzing, and freeze-
drying to obtain hydroxypropyl chitosan. The hydroxypropyl chitosan of this application has water
solubility at all pH levels and a high amino
retention rate, laying an ideal material foundation for subsequent medical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic applications.