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Preparation of 2-deoxy-D-  and L-erythro-pentoses by electrooxidative reduction of the respective glucometasaccharinic acids in the presence of cerium(IV) ions

Š. Kučár, J. Kozák, and J. Kubala

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, CS-84238 Bratislava

Abstract: By electrooxidation of 3-deoxy-D-ribo-hexonic and 3-deoxy-D-arabino-hexonic acids as well as of their mixture in diluted sulfuric acid under catalytic action of cerium(IV) ions 2-deoxy-D-erythro-pentose has been prepared in about 60 % yield. From the mixture of 3-deoxy-L-ribo-hexonic and 3-deoxy-L-arabino-hexonic acids 2-deoxy-L-erythro-pentose has been obtained in a similar way.

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Chemical Papers 45 (1) 91–94 (1991)