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Crystal Structure of β-D-Cellotetraose and its Relationship to Cellulose

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CELLULOSE is a straight chain polymer of 1→4 linked β-D-glucopyranose residues, the most important polymorphs of which are natural cellulose (cellulose I) and regenerated or mercerized cellulose (cellulose II). Although these forms have been extensively studied as fibres and orientated films, so far no fully satisfactory structural description has been advanced for either1,2 or in fact for any of the other cellulose allotropes.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Forest Products, Melbourne, Australia

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POPPLETON, B., MATHIESON, A. Crystal Structure of β-D-Cellotetraose and its Relationship to Cellulose. Nature 219, 1046–1048 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191046a0

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