Question

What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?

Answer 1

QUESTION 14.8

The basic difference between starch and cellulose is due to the difference in rthe nature of glucose molecules
Starch consists of amylose and amylopectin, both made up of \alpha -D(+)- glucose units. Amylose consists of linear chains of glucose linked in $C_1-C_6$ manner. Amylopectin consists of these linear chains further linked in $C_1-C_6$
In cellulose, only \beta - D(+)- glucose molecules are linked to each other in $C_1{C}_4$ manner-