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Synthesis of p-Methoxybenzyl D-Galacturonate

D. Joniak

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-842 38 Bratislava

Abstract: The reaction of p-methoxybenzyl alcohol with 1,2;3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-galactopyranuronic acid gave preferentially the corresponding p-methoxybenzyl D-galactopyranuronate. N,N-Dimethylformamide dineopentyl acetal was used as the reagent for esterification.

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Chemical Papers 49 (4) 198–201 (1995)