Open Access3,4:5,6‐Di‐ O ‐isopropylidene‐3‐ C ‐hydroxymethyl‐ d ‐altrono‐1,3′‐lactone
Author(s) -
Parker Samuel G.,
Watkin David J.,
Simone Michela I.,
Fleet George W. J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section e
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1600-5368
DOI - 10.1107/s1600536806015881
Subject(s) - hydroxymethyl , cyanide , chemistry , sugar , stereochemistry , unit (ring theory) , lactone , organic chemistry , mathematics , mathematics education
The title compound, C 13 H 20 O 7 , a rare example of a sugar with a carbon branch at C‐3, is one of the major products isolated from the treatment of d ‐hamamelose with cyanide (the Kiliani reaction), followed by protection as a diacetonide. The material crystallizes with two molecules in the asymmetric unit, related to each other by a non‐crystallographic twofold axis.