ALTHOUGH the characteristic features of the chemistry of starch and cellulose are satisfactorily represented by the commonly accepted structures involving chains of glucopyranosido residues, which ...

News Published: 24 May 1947 Organic Chemistry at Edinburgh : Prof. E. L. Hirst, F. R. S Nature 159, 701–702 (1947) Cite this article ...

The deconstruction of cellulose, which could, among other things, significantly increase the production of ethanol from sugarcane, has been a major technological challenge for decades.