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carboxymethyl cellulose
Sign in to saveAlso known as carboxymethylcellulose, crosslinked carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC, cellulose gum
cellulose derivative grafted with carboxymethyl groups
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Within Vinony's link graph, carboxymethyl cellulose is referenced by 86 other articles, and connects out to glucose, detergent and hydroxyacetic acid.
It sits within the topics Cellulose, Cellulose ethers and Chemicals that do not have a ChemSpider ID assigned.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H16O8
- Molecular weight
- 240.21 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- acetic acid;2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal
- SMILES
- CC(=O)O.C(C(C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- VJHCJDRQFCCTHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 156 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 6
- H-bond acceptors
- 8
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
9,906 papers- Carboxymethyl cellulose-based oral delivery systems.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2019
- Enhanced Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Based Hydrogels for Wound Dressings.ACS applied bio materials · 2025
- Seaweed-derived etherified carboxymethyl cellulose for sustainable tissue engineering.Carbohydrate research · 2024
- Carboxymethyl cellulose-chitosan edible films for food packaging: A review of recent advances.Carbohydrate polymers · 2024
- Carboxymethyl cellulose-based materials for infection control and wound healing: A review.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cellulose derivative
- Has part
- oxygen
- Mass
- 240.084517
- Has use
- food additive
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- short name
- CMC
- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₆O₈
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)O.C(C(C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O)O)O
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C83594
- Commons category
- Carboxymethylcellulose
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