Competitive hemiacetalization and acetal
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Farid Hamedi Sangsari; Francine Chastrette; Maurice Chastrette; Alain Blanc; Geo
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract The mechanism of crossβlinking of cellulose by glyoxal has been investigated using various alcohols as models for cellulose. Competitive hemiacetalizations of glyoxal show that vicinal diols are much more reactive than isolated alcohols. With a catalyst, both kinds of alcohols react wit