| Literature DB >> 22573141 |
Geoffrey R Akien1, Long Qi, István T Horváth.
Abstract
Several intermediates and different reaction paths were identified for the acid catalysed conversion of fructose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde (HMF) in different solvents. The structural information combined with results of isotopic-labelling experiments allowed the determination of the irreversibility of the three steps from the fructofuranosyl oxocarbenium ion to HMF as well as the analogous pyranose route.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22573141 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc31689g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222