Glucal is the glycal formed from glucose.[2] It is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of oligosaccharides.[3]
Glucal and its derivatives can be converted to other chemically useful sugars using the Ferrier rearrangement.[4]
References
- ^ Glucal at Sigma-Aldrich
- ^ E.Fischer and K. Zasch. Sitzber. kgl.preuss. Akad Wiss., 16,311 (1913)
- ^ Seeberger, P.H., et al. Aldrichimica Acta 30, 75, (1997)
- ^ Ferrier, Robert J. (2001). "Substitution-with-Allylic-Rearrangement Reactions of Glycal Derivatives". Glycoscience. Topics in Current Chemistry. Vol. 215. pp. 153–175. doi:10.1007/3-540-44422-X_7. ISBN 978-3-540-41383-7.
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