Alcohols polyols

Humectants. In certain foods, it is necessary to control the amount of water that enters or exits the product. It is for this purpose that humectants are employed. Polyhydric alcohols (polyols), which include propylene glycol [57-55-6], C2Hg02, glycerol [56-81-5], C HgO, sorbitol [50-70-4], and mannitol [69-65-8], contain numerous hydroxyl groups (see Alcohols,polyhydric). Their stmcture makes them hydrophilic and... 

The 1995 Canadian and United States sugar alcohol (polyol) production is shown in Table 2. The market share of each is also given. Liquids comprise 48% crystalline product comprises 39% and mannitol comprises 13% of the polyol market. An estimate of total U.S. sorbitol capacity for 1995 on a 70% solution basis was 498,000 t. ADM, Decatur, lU., produced 68,200 t Ethichem, Easton, Pa., 13,600 t Lon2a, Mapleton, lU., 45,400 t Roquette America, Gurnee, lU., 68,200 t and SPI Polyols, New Castle, Del., 75,000 t (204). Hoffman-LaRoche, which produces sorbitol for captive usage in the manufacture of Vitamin C (see Vitamins), produced about 27,300 t in 1995. 

H-Bonding, Strongly Associative (HBSA) Water Primary amides Secondary amides Polyacids Dicarboy lic acids Monohydro) acids Polyj)henols Oximes Hydroj laniines Amino alcohols Polyols... 

Polyhydric Alcohols. (Polyols). An alcohol with three or more hydroxyl groups, each attached to a different carbon atom. They are w-sol and of sweetish taste, which tends to intensify with increasing hydroxyl content. Examples of polyols of ordn interest are listed below. Polyvinyl alcohol is considered in a separate entry as a polymer although it is defined as a polyhydric alcohol. Polyols, when nitrated, make excellent expls, proplnt binders, plasticizers, etc. Prepn can follow the procedure of Lenth DuPuis (Ref 3) which uses a methanol suspension of either sucrose or dextrose and a special Cu-Al oxide catalyst to yield 60-65% distillable polyols at 240° and 1500psi Refs 1) Beil — refs found under individual compds 2) CA, under Alcohols, Polyhydric for compds of current ordn interest 3) C.W. Lenth R.N. DuPuis, "Polyhydric Alcohol Production by Hydrogenolysis of Sugars in the Presence of Copper-Aluminum Oxide , IEC 37, 152-57 (1945) CA 39, 1391 (1945)... 

Freeze-drying is a relatively gentle way of removing water from proteins in solution. However, this process can promote the inactivation of some protein types, and specific excipients (cryopro-tectants) are usually added to the product in order to minimize such inactivation. Commonly used cryoprotectants include carbohydrates (such as glucose and sucrose), proteins (such as HSA), and amino acids (such as lysine, arginine or glutamic acid). Alcohols/polyols have also found some application as cryoprotectants. 

As a matter of fact, cosolvents such as primary alcohols, polyols, di-methylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide are now almost routinely used to perturb the overall reactions and elementary equilibria or rate processes of the highly organized systems carrying out DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. However, in spite of the fact that such systems respond well and in a reversible way to these perturbations, cosolvent effects remain relatively poor probes of reaction mechanisms (Hamel, 1972 Voigt et al., 1974 Ballesta and Vasquez, 1973 Crepin et ai, 1975 Nakanishi et al., 1974 Brody and Leautey, 1973). The most common result reported upon addition of increasing amounts of cosolvents is a bell-shaped curve equilibria and rate processes are first stimulated and... 

Y Shimazu, M Uehara, M Watanabe. Simultaneous determination of ethyl alcohol, polyols, and sugars in grape must and wine by high-performance liquid chromatography. J Brew Soc Japan 75(4) 327-331, 1980. 

Nitronium ions such as IV-nitropyridinium salts, which are readily prepared from the corresponding pyridine and nitronium salts,488 489 act as convenient transfer nitrating agents. Transfer nitrations are applicable to C-nitrations [Eq. (5.181)] as well as to a variety of heteroatom nitrations. For example, they allow safe, acid-free preparation of alkyl nitrates and polynitrates from alcohols (polyols) in nearly quantitative yield490 [Eq. (5.182)]. 

Details of the intracellular speciation of Si and the mechanisms of its intracellular transport prior to condensation remain uncertain in all of the biological systems studied. Several possible alternatives have been suggested, including association with an intracellular carrier or ionophore17, covalent complex formation by condensation with alcohols, polyols or... 

Figure 6.2. (Upper panel) The four major classes of organic osmolytes (I) sugars and polyhydric alcohols (polyols) (II) amino acids and amino acid derivatives (III) methylated ammonium and sulfonium compounds and (IV) urea. (Figure modified after Somero and Yancey, 1997.) (Lower panel) Structures of charged osmolytes accumulated in extremely halophilic archaea (after Martin et al., 1999). Note that these osmolytes commonly represent a type of organic osmolyte that is found in many bacteria or eukaryotes to which a charged group has been attached. Typically, the charged group is anionic, for example, a phosphate or a carboxylate group.

These stringent requirements are demonstrated by few chemicals other than water. It remains to be seen to what extent the limitations can be relaxed for a chemical promoter to be acceptable (to patients and to the regulatory authorities). Enhancers include a wide range of chemical entities that increase skin permeability (Figure 8.9), such as sulphoxides, alcohols, polyols, pyrrolidones, alkanes, fatty acids, esters, amines and amides, terpenes, surfactants, cyclodextrins, water, etc. 

Both aldoses and ketoses are reduced to polyhydric alcohols (polyols) when treated with enzymes, sodium amalgam, and hydrogen under high pressure... 

Erythritol is a sugar alcohol (polyol) that occurs as a white or almost white powder or granular or crystalline substance. It is pleasant tasting with a mild sweetness approximately 60-70% ... 

Production of Alcoholates, Polyolates, and Other Chemicals from... 

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