Cellulose and chitin esters,and the reactivity of cellulose and chitin

Summary On comparison of the reactivities of chitin and cellulose in their conversion into ethers and esters it is found that chitin is considerably less reactive than cellulose, which is to be attributed to a difference in the internal active surfaces.Paper read at a General Meeting of the Division of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moscow, March 10, 1961