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QUESTION
How are chitin and cellulose similar?
The structure of chitin is similar to the polysaccharide cellulose, only difference between the hydroxyl groups in each repeating unit is substituted by N-acetyl groups.
Cellulose structure
Chitin structure (-OH functionality replaced by -NHAc)
