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Reactions of saccharides catalyzed by molybdate ions. XIII. Preparation of D-allose and D-altrose and their epimerization

V. Bílik

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

Abstract:  Epimeric aldoses were prepared by oxidative decomposition of a mixture of sodium salts of nitrohexitols obtained from D-ribose. Allose or altrose epimerize in acidic water solution under catalytic action of molybdate ions giving an equilibrium mixture of allose and altrose in the ratio 3 : 2. From the equilibrium mixture of epimeric aldoses, allose can simply be isolated by crystallization.

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Chemical Papers 29 (1) 114–118 (1975)