Abstract
The molecular structure and packing arrangement of anhydrous tendon chitosan was determined by the X-ray fibre diffraction method together with the linked-atom least-squares refinement technique. The specimen was prepared from chitosan/acetic acid complex which was obtained by exposing tendon chitosan to acetic acid vapour at room temperature for several days. There is high degree of orientation and crystallinity compared with the specimen obtained by the annealing method. Two chitosan chains are present in an orthorhombic unit cell of dimensions a=8.26(2), b=8.50(1), c (fibre axis)=10.43(2) Å and space group P2 12 12 1. The 2-fold helical chain is stabilised by O3· · ·O5 hydrogen bond with the gt orientation of O6. There are direct hydrogen bonds (N2· · ·O6) between adjacent chains along the a-axis, which makes a sheet structure parallel to the ac-plane. On the other hand, no hydrogen bond is found between the sheets.
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