Open AccessAn X-ray study of mannitol, dulcitol, and mannose
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1931.0077
Subject(s) - hexose , mannitol , mannose , sugar alcohol , chemistry , sugar , yield (engineering) , molecule , collateral , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , business , enzyme , finance , metallurgy
The present work was undertaken in the hope that a convenient avenue of approach to the structure of the sugars might be opened up by the two hexose alcohols, mannitol and dulcitol, which give excellent crystals at ordinary temperatures. It is not unreasonable to expect that isomers such as these, with very similar densities, might show in the dimensions of their unit cells certain similarities suggestive of some form of molecule common to the hexose alcohols, as the long-chain configuration is common to the hydrocarbons and the fatty acids. In addition, a collateral examination of mannose might equally well be expected to yield some evidence as to the nature of the change which takes place when a sugar is formed from the corresponding alcohol, and hence to supply data of fundamental importance in correlating the structures of the sugars and of their derivatives.