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I attached a polyene molecule to cellulose. I was wondering if anyone had an idea how to verify that it's there.
I tried UV light. Not sure which wavelength it was but it's the kind that microbiologists use on surfaces i think, maybe for crosslinking too.
I also tried I2, but it stained blank cellulose the same. I tried permanganate stain and those looked the same too.
Next try will be FTIR, but I tried it on cellulose before and got a poor spectrum.
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