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Cleavage of the glycosidic bonds in methyl β-D-cellotrioside in alkaline medium

I. Šimkovic, A. Ebringerová, J. Königstein, V. Mihálov, and F. Janeček

Institute of Chemistry, Centre for Chemical Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, CS-842 38 Bratislava

Abstract: Kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of methyl ß-D-glucopyranoside, methyl ß-D-cellobioside, and methyl ß-D-cellotrioside was studied using spec­trophotometry and the combination of gas chromatography with mass spec­trometry (GC—MS). The results of the kinetic measurements suggest that stability towards alkaline hydrolysis of the glycosidic bonds in methyl  ß-D-cellotrioside decreases from the model glycosidic bond to the true ones.

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Chemical Papers 38 (2) 223–229 (1984)