A carboxymethyl cellulose series with substituent degrees of 0.68–2.84 was prepared.
The chemical shifts of the ring protons and carbons were precisely assigned by NMR.
The 2-, 3-, or 6-position substituent effects on the chemical shifts were estimated.
The effects explained the chemical shifts of di- and tricarboxymethylated cellulose.
The monomers comprising carboxymethyl cellulose could be estimated by 13C NMR.