Molybdic acid-catalysed isomerization of D-ribulose and D-xylulose to the corresponding 2-C-(Hydroxymethyl)-D-tetroses

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/07328300008544121

2-C-(Hydroxymethyl)-D-erythrose (2) and 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-threose (4) have been stereospecifically synthesized in one-step by a molybdic acid-catalysed isomerization reaction from respective D-xylulose (1) and D-ribulose (3). In the case of interconversion of 1 to 2, the content of the 2-C-branched chain tetrose in the equilibrium mixture can be doubled if boric acid is present in the reaction mixture in addition to the catalyst.

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Molybdic Acid-Catalysed
Isomerization of D-Ribulose and D-
Xylulose to the Corresponding 2-C-
(Hydroxymethyl)-D-Tetroses
Zuzana Hricovíniová , Miloš Hricovíni & Ladislav Petruš
a Institute of Chemistry , Slovak Academy of Sciences ,
SK-842 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
b Institute of Chemistry , Slovak Academy of Sciences ,
SK-842 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
c Institute of Chemistry , Slovak Academy of Sciences ,
SK-842 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
Published online: 27 Feb 2008.
To cite this article: Zuzana Hricovíniová , Miloš Hricovíni & Ladislav Petruš (2000) Molybdic
Acid-Catalysed Isomerization of D-Ribulose and D-Xylulose to the Corresponding 2-C-
(Hydroxymethyl)-D-Tetroses, Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 19:7, 827-836, DOI:
10.1080/07328300008544121
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