The present invention provides a process for producing silylated pullulan,
which features reacting pullulan with N,O-bistrimethylsilylacetamide by
using, as a reaction medium, only one of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and
N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone or a mixed solvent of both of them. Compared with
conventional processes, the process according to the present invention
can produce high-purity silylated pullulan simply, easily and efficiency.