Glucopyranose 4-0- D

Make a molecular model of the chair conformation of 3 D glucopyranose... 

All the ring substituents m p D glucopyranose are equatorial m the most stable chair conformation Only the anomenc hydroxyl group is axial m the a isomer all the other substituents are equatorial... 

In spite of their easy interconversion in solution a and p forms of carbohydrates are capable of independent existence and many have been isolated m pure form as crys talline solids When crystallized from ethanol d glucose yields a d glucopyranose mp 146°C [a]o +112 2° Crystallization from a water-ethanol mixture produces p d glucopyranose mp 148-155°C [aj +18 7° In the solid state the two forms do not mterconvert and are stable indefinitely Their structures have been unambiguously con firmed by X ray crystallography... 

FIGURE 25 6 Molecu lar models of the disaccha rides maltose and cellobiose Two D glucopyranose units are connected by a glycoside linkage between C 1 and C 4 The glycosidic bond has the a orientation in maltose and IS p in cellobiose Mai tose and cellobiose are diastereomers... 

Fig. 9. Partial structural formulas and shorthand notations for principal hemiceUuloses found in wood, where the sugar units ate noted as P-D-xylopyranose (Xylp), 4-Omethyl-a-D-glucopyranosyluronic acid (GlupU), a-L-arabinofuranose (Araf), P-D-glucopyranose (Glup), P-D-mannopyranose (Manp), and P-D-galactopyranose (Galp) for (a) arabino-4-O-methylglucuronoxylan from softwood, (b) 0-acetyl-galactoglucomannan from softwood, and...

The reaction to form an acetal can be an iatramolecular reaction. The best known example is 1,6-anhydro-P-D-glucopyranose [498-07-7] commonly called levoglucosan. 

Acetalation. As polyhydroxy compounds, carbohydrates react with aldehydes and ketones to form cycHc acetals (1,13). Examples are the reaction of D-glucose with acetone and a protic or Lewis acid catalyst to form l,2 5,6-di-0-isoprop5lidene-a-D-glucofuranose [582-52-5] and its reaction with benzaldehyde to form 4,6-0-benzyhdene-D-glucopyranose [25152-90-3]. The 4,6-0-(l-carboxyethyhdine) group (related to pymvic acid) occurs naturally in some polysaccharides. 

D-Glucose is produced by complete depolymerization of starch with enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of both its (1 — 4) and (1 — 6) linkages. Crystalline a-D-glucopyranose is generally sold as dextrose. Glucose is also isomerized to D-fmctose to produce high fmctose com symp (HFCS). 

Conversion of l,6-anhydro-4-0-benzyl-2 deoxy 2-fluoro-p-D-glucopyranose to the corresponding oxo derivative is earned out by ruthenium tetroxide generated in situ from ruthenium dioxide [54] (equation 49)... 

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