Chitosan (high T)

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  Chitosan (high T)

Linkage : beta 1-4     

Space Group : orthorhombic P212121

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) = 8.07 - b (Å) = 8.44 - c (Å) = 10.34 - γ (°) = 90.00

Helix Type : two antiparallel chains per unit cell and no water of crystallization

Method(s) Used For Structure Determination : electron diffraction and stereochemical data

Link to the Abstract : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma00104a015

Reference :

Molecular and Crystal Structure of a High-Temperature Polymorph of Chitosan from Electron Diffraction Data
Mazeau, K., Winter, W.T. and Chanzy, H., Macromolecules 1994, 27, 7606-7612

 

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