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Cellulose

(C6H10O5)n
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2002), 124, 9074–9082

Wikipedia: Cellulose, a polymer of β-D-glucose
I've also made a Jmol page for glucose

Part of one polymer chain from the crystal structure of cellulose Iβ
The yellow tags show where the polymer continues from.
I couldn't fit the many more repeating units on the screen.



Intramolecular hydrogen bonding
The green translucent bonds are hydrogen bonds between different parts of the same cellulose polymer chain



Sheets
There are two kinds of sheets in the crystal structure of cellulose Iβ

Sheet 1:
Sheet 2:

Bulk
The sheets stack up and are held in place by hydrogen bonding



Based on template by A. Herráez as modified by J. Gutow
Page skeleton and JavaScript generated by export to web function using Jmol 11.6.8 2008-11-24 13:39 on Mar 25, 2009.