Cellulose II hydrate

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  Cellulose II hydrate

Linkage : beta 1-4     

Space Group : monoclinic P21

Unit Cell Dimensions (a, b, c in Å and α, β, γ in °)

(No values are displayed if no information is available or the value is zero)

a (Å) = 9.02 - b (Å) = 9.63 - c (Å) = 10.34 - γ (°) = 116.00

Helix Type : antiparallel adjacent chain arrangement was assumed, two chains

Method(s) Used For Structure Determination : X-ray diffraction

Link to the Abstract : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bip.1981.360201010/abstract

Reference :

Structure of cellulose II hydrate
David M. Lee, John Blackwell, Biopolymers 1981, 20(10), 2165 - 2179

 

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