Synthesis and mass spectra of 4-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,3,6-tri-O-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-D-glucitol and the positional isomers of 4-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-di-O-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-O-methyl-D-glucitol and 4-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-O-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(91)84145-5

Reductive cleavage of fully methylated, partially O-carboxymethylated cellulose had previously been shown to produce 4-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-, -2-O-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-3,6-di-O-methyl-, -3-O-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-2,6-di-O-methyl-,