Selective deacylation on the glucosyl moiety of octa-O-acetylsucrose by enzymic hydrolysis: Formation of 2,1',3',4',6'-penta-O-acetylsucrose

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(93)80124-W

Partially acetylated sucroses have been prepared by several approaches. This paper reports that octa-O-acetylsucrose was hydrolyzed by lipase OF(Candida ylindracea); it was found that deacylation occured only in the glucosyl moiety.