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Short and Sweet: D ‐Glucose to L ‐Glucose and L ‐Glucuronic Acid
Author(s) -
Martínez R. Fernando,
Liu Zilei,
Glawar Andreas F. G.,
Yoshihara Akihide,
Izumori Ken,
Fleet George W. J.,
Jenkinson Sarah F.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201309073
Subject(s) - chemistry , glucuronic acid , biochemistry , food science , polysaccharide
The scarcity and expense of access to L ‐sugars and other rare sugars have prevented the exploitation of their biological potential; for example D ‐psicose, only recently available, has been recognized as an important new food. Here we give the definitive and cheap synthesis of 99.4% pure L ‐glucose from D ‐glucose which requires purification of neither intermediates nor final product other than extraction into and removal of solvents; a simple crystallization will raise the purity to >99.8%.