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Reactions of saccharides catalyzed by molybdate ions. XXVII. Epimerization of some aldoheptoses

L. Petruš, V. Bílik, D. Anderle, and F. Janeček

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 809 33 Bratislava

Abstract: Molybdate catalyzed epimerization of D-glycero-D-galacto-heptose, D-glycero-D-talo-heptose, D-glycero-D-gulo-heptose, and D-glycero-D-ido-heptose affords besides the C-2 epimeric aldoheptose also the complementary pair of C-3 epimeric aldoheptoses. In contrast to the epimerization of aldopentoses and aldohexoses, the epimerization of the 4 aldoheptoses is accompanied by formation of the corresponding heptuloses, D-manno-heptulose and D-gluco-heptulose.

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Chemical Papers 33 (5) 636–640 (1979)