The formation of 3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid by the degradation of xylan with alkali

✍ Scribed by Klaus Niemelä

• Book ID: 102641547
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 209 KB
• Volume: 162
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6215
• DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(87)80226-4

✦ Synopsis

Among the carboxylic acids formed from carbohydrates under alkaline or acidic conditions are the hydroxytetrahydrofurancarboxylic acids. The first compound of this type, 4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofurlic acid