Derivatives of d-glucose diethylmercaptal and an attempted synthesis of 5-methyglucose
Kilimi (1866) first showed that an aldehyde group was present in glucose, by forming the cyanhydrin, which on hydrolysis and reduction gave n-heptoic acid. Glucose was later represented by the straight chain, “Fischer Projection Formula” and this was in general use until 1926, when Haworth proposed...
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University of Canterbury. Chemistry
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7762 |