What is cellulose?
1 Answer
Cellulose is a polymer formed from a monomer beta glucose .
Explanation:
Cellulose is a linear polymer, of around 10,000 glucose units.
Wood, paper, and cotton all contain cellulose.
Cellulose is a white fibrous substance with no flavor and odor, insoluble in water and organic solvents. It is the main ingredient of plant cell walls.
Cellulose, as I said above in the answer, is formed by beta glucose. Beta glucose is named beta because the first hydroxyl group on the C-atom is above the "ring".
Below you can see the polymerisation of beta glucose to form a cellulose polymer.
Every second beta glucose molecule is flipped upside down.
Cellulose has the formula
E.g. the
