WHY and HOW does cellulose have the basic Carbon structures? (1 Viewer)

[sinophile]

Conquering, Macquarie and Contexts all state that "Cellulose has the basic carbon-carbon structures needed for hydrocarbons". What im asking is, WHY and HOW does cellulose have the basic Carbon structures?

 

[marcquelle]

Cellulose contains these basic carbon-carbon structures for it is a polysaccharide [a saccharide is a simple sugar such as glucose (C6H12O6)] hope that helps some

 

[Pwnage101]

Conquering, Macquarie and Contexts all state that "Cellulose has the basic carbon-carbon structures needed for hydrocarbons". What im asking is, WHY and HOW does cellulose have the basic Carbon structures?

i don't know WHY cellulose has carbon in it, that's just the way it is (that's like asking why water has hydrogen in it or why carbon dioxide has carbon in it, it just does)

What i can tell you is all you need for that point is that cellulose is a polymer of B-Glucose, and so basically is a polymer of C₆H₁₂O₆, and thus contains carbon 'chains' with hydrogen, and is thus essentially made of the same structure as hydrocarbons

 

[sinophile]

Oh, so the answer is "Cellulose has carbon arranged in a structure that somewhat looks like a chain".

Thats stupid.

 

[jet]

Cellulose is a condensation polymer of glucose molecules. Using hydrolysis, fermentation then dehydration, scientists are able to convert the cellulose into glucose, then ethanol then ethylene.
Ethylene is important as a hydrocarbon due to the fact that it can be easily used to create a number of other compounds including polystyrene, vinyl chloride etc.

Hence cellulose as the basic carbon structures for hydrocarbon compounds.

 

[sinophile]

How the hell does that make cellulose have the basic carbon-carbon structure? You've basically just described the total breaking down of cellulose and reassembling it back into ethylene. In that respect, a bunch of C atoms and a bunch of H₂ molecules can be converted into ethylene via Fischer-tropps process or whatnot- and therefore have the same carb-carbon strcture.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

How the hell does that make cellulose have the basic carbon-carbon structure?

because cellulose is made of glucose and glucose has basic carbon-carbon structure

 

[Pwnage101]

How the hell does that make cellulose have the basic carbon-carbon structure? You've basically just described the total breaking down of cellulose and reassembling it back into ethylene. In that respect, a bunch of C atoms and a bunch of H₂ molecules can be converted into ethylene via Fischer-tropps process or whatnot- and therefore have the same carb-carbon strcture.

You think your the first person to have to answer that dot point?

Look in the textbooks!

In response to your question 'What im asking is, WHY and HOW does cellulose have the basic Carbon structures?', firstly understand what is a carbon structure, and understand that cellulose is essentially made of carbon chains, which makes it a carbon structure

that's all there is to it

 

[flowergrl]

why does it have the basic C structure?
Arbitrarily, it has the "basic structure" cos its the most common thing around that has C as its main structural component. (and everything, including life, must use this basic C structure for energy.)

Therefore the answer is, it is "basic" because anything made out of C can stem from it.

How does it have it?
wot do you mean HOW? its like asking how do humans have 2 arms and 2 legs. we just do.

 

[jet]

The syllabus point isn't that general though. The whole thing is about finding alternative renewable ways of making petrochemicals, and so the point asks you to identify that cellulose can be used to BUILD petrochemicals. Simply the fact that cellulose contains carbon and hydrogen make it a good candidate, though its added renewability and he abundant supply of greenery make it one of the best options.
The answer to How is that its just life.