“…N Acylated chitosan. N Acylated derivatives of chitosan are prepared through the interaction of amino groups of chitosan with anhydrides, acid chlo rides, and lactones as well as via the addition of carboxylic acids with the use of carbodiimide [65,[79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94] Thus, stearoyl , palmitoyl , and octanoyl chito sans [80] were synthesized via reactions with anhy drides; reactions of acid chlorides yielded oleoyl chi tosan [84] and caproyl , octanoyl , myristoyl , and palmitoyl chitosans [85]; and reactions with carboxy lic acids in the presence of carbodiimide produced stearoyl chitosan [86,87], linoleoyl chitosan [88,89], steroid chitosans [90][91][92][93], and some other chitosan derivatives.…”