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Short and sweet: D-glucose to L-glucose and L-glucuronic acid
Martinez, R. Fernando,Liu, Zilei,Glawar, Andreas F. G.,Yoshihara, Akihide,Izumori, Ken,Fleet, George W. J.,Jenkinson, Sarah F.
, p. 1160 - 1162 (2014)
The scarcity and expense of access to L-sugars and other rare sugars have prevented the exploitation of their biological potential; for example D-psicose, only recently available, has been recognized as an important new food. Here we give the definitive and cheap synthesis of 99.4% pure L-glucose from D-glucose which requires purification of neither intermediates nor final product other than extraction into and removal of solvents; a simple crystallization will raise the purity to >99.8%. Short and sweet: The synthesis of 99.4 % pure L-glucose and L-glucuronic acid from D-glucose via very inexpensive sodium glucoheptonate requires no purification of either intermediates or final products, other than extraction into and removal of solvents; a simple crystallization will raise the purity to >99.8 %. New diacetonides of glucose and glucuronolactone are reported. Copyright
