THE CHEMICAL-TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS OF 1,6-DIBROMO-1,6-DIDEOXYGALACTITOL AND 1,2:5,6-DIANHYDROGALACTITOL IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(82)85005-2

After hydrolysis of 1,6-dibromo-1,6-dideoxygalactitol (1) and 1,2:5,6-dianhydrogalactitol (2), 11 compounds were isolated, three of them as tritylated derivatives.Their structures were established on the basis of chemical evidence and, for four compounds, by X-ray diffraction.The main product of the hydrolysis of 1 was 3,6-anhydro-1-bromo-1-deoxy-DL-galactitol; the end-products of the hydrolysis of 2 were 1,5-anhydro-DL-galactitol, 2,5-anhydro-DL-altriol and galactiotol.