SEPARATION, BY G.L.C., OF ENANTIOMERIC SUGARS AS DIASTEREOISOMERIC DITHIOACETALS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)81849-2

The reaction between (+)-1-phenylethanethiol and each of a pair of enantiomeric sugars produced two acyclic, diastereoisomeric dithioacetals.These diastereomers were then separated by gas-liquid chromatography.This method was applied to separate the following pairs of enantiomers: D- and L-lyxose, D- and L-fucose, D- and L-rhamnose,D- and L-arabinose, D-and L-galactose, D- andL-glucose, and D- and L-mannose.