• DOI:10.1023/A:1002880411320
Corpus ID: 5705670

Structural Investigations of Chitin and Its Deacetylation Products

@article{Burkhanova2004StructuralIO,
  title={Structural Investigations of Chitin and Its Deacetylation Products},
  author={N. D. Burkhanova and S. M. Yugai and Kh. P. Pulatova and G. V. Nikononvich and R. Milusheva and N. L. Voropaeva and S. Rashidova},
  journal={Chemistry of Natural Compounds},
  year={2004},
  volume={36},
  pages={352-355}
}

• N. D. Burkhanova, S. M. Yugai, +4 authors S. Rashidova
• Published 2004
• Chemistry
• Chemistry of Natural Compounds

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The structure of crab chitin and chitosan from it with various degrees of deacetylation (DDA) are studied by x-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, and microscopy. Deacetylation causes substantial destruction of the chitin crystal structure, makes it amorphous, increases the defectiveness of crystallites as the DDA increases, weakens intermolecular H-bonds, and eliminates the fibrillarity.