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Structure of the cellulose molecule and its degradation

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    Numerous investigations by various authors have confirmed our early results on the high value of the molecular weight of cellulose.

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    The macromolecular chains of isolated celluloses contain weak links due to the presence of nonglucose units (in the case of wood celluloses) and of glucose units having carboxy and aldehyde groups in positions 2, 3, and 6 which are responsible for various chemical transformations of cellulose in various media.

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    It has been shown that the oxidation reactions of cellulose with oxides of nitrogen, periodic acid, and sodium chlorite are not specific, and a more accurate picture of the chemical transformations of oxycelluloses in acid and alkaline media has been obtained.

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    New ways in which cellulose may be modified have been indicated, and possible applications of oxycelluloses have been pointed out.

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    The complex chemistry of the thermal degradation of cellulose has been somewhat clarified.

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(Paper Read at a General Meeting of the Division of Chemical Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Moscow, November 23, 1956)

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Ivanov, V.I. Structure of the cellulose molecule and its degradation. Russ Chem Bull 6, 367–374 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173343

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