Regioselective Synthesis of Cellulose Derivatives

Cellulose is the most abundant polysaccharide on earth and it is relatively a simple homopolymer with three hydroxyl groups, differing only subtly in reactivity. The position of substitution has a powerful influence on physical properties of cellulose derivatives. To better understand the structure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xu, Daiqiang
Other Authors: Chemistry
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38830
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07262012-155251/