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IN their criticism of my suggested structure of cellulose1, Astbury and Davies2 appealed to evidence not then available to me in a thesis by Dr. C. J. Brown3. My thanks are due to Dr. Astbury for bringing this interesting work to notice and to Dr. Brown for the opportunity to read it. I do not think that it settles the issue between the angles 110° and 90° at the oxygen of the pyranose ring. The difference amounts to ±0.15 A. in the b co-ordinate of Cl and C5 respectively, whereas the author, rather modestly, claims only an accuracy of ±0.4 A. The features referred to by Astbury and Davies describe a regular six-sided figure—I presume they would not suggest that this is a precise description.
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PEIRCE, F. Structure of Cellulose. Nature 154, 398 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154398a0
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