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Main direction of reaction in the thermal decomposition of cellulose in a vacuum

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    It was shown that in the thermal decomposition of cellulose the yield of levoglucosan may attain 60% or higher.

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    In the thermal decomposition of cellulose, hydrolysis, oxidation, and dehydration processes are side reactions.

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    In the thermal decomposition of cellulose in a vacuum the main direction of reaction is breakdown at 1,4 glucoside links int elementary fragments that isomerize into levoglucosan.

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  1. N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, USSR

    V. I. Ivanov, O. P. Golova & A. M. Pakhomov

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  1. V. I. Ivanov
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Ivanov, V.I., Golova, O.P. & Pakhomov, A.M. Main direction of reaction in the thermal decomposition of cellulose in a vacuum. Russ Chem Bull 5, 1295–1296 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173789

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