Abstract
Cellulose interunit linkages and model compound were reviewed and discuss in details in this chapter. Cellulose is a semicrystalline homopolysaccharide, which are polysaccharides composed of a single monomer type of sugar. Cellulose comprised of unbranched d-glucose or anhydroglucose units, which linked through β-glycosidic bonds or β-1,4 glycosidic bonds at the first and fourth carbon atoms, whereas the hemicellulose is an amorphous polysaccharide branched with short lateral chains consisting of various sugars. Therefore, to it is important to understand the structure properties of the cellulose interunit linkages and its model compounds.
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