The conformational statistics of pectic acid
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Symposia
- Vol. 42 (3) , 1493-1497
- https://doi.org/10.1002/polc.5070420351
Abstract
The effect of random insertions of 1,2‐linked a‐ and β‐L‐rhamnose units on the characteristic ratio of a 1,4‐linked poly‐a‐D‐galacturonic acid molecule was investigated. In each case the characteristic ratio decreases dramatically as the proportion of rhamnose units is increased, the effect being more marked with the β sugar than with the a sugar. The effect is interpreted in terms of kinks which are introduced into the chain by the insertion of the rhamnose units.Keywords
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