Synthesis of Anomeric Methyl Fructofuranosides and Their Separation on an Ion-exchange Resin

Erkki Nurminen , Päivi Poijärvi , Katja Koskua and Jari Hovinen
Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (9), p 1480
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1480
Publication Date (Web): September 1, 2007

Abstract

Treatment of d-fructose with methanol in the presence of acid as a catalyst gives a mixture of methyl-β-d-fructopyranoside, methyl-α-D-fructofuranoside, and methyl-β-d-fructofuranoside, which were separated on an ion exchange column and characterized polarimetrically.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Carbocations

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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