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Cellulose upon acetylation with excess acetic anhydride/`H_(2)SO_(4)` (catalytic) gives cellulose triacetate whose structure is

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Cellulose is a straight chain polysaccharide composed of D-glucose units which are joined by `beta`-glycosidic linkages between C-1 of one glucose unit and C-4 of the next glucose unit.
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