Monosaccharide reaction summary

In summary, the strength of wood panels tested here did not hold up when the urea/carbohydrate molar ratio was lowered to 0.125 1, but did not suffer drastically when the caustic components of the adhesive were reduced by a third. Glycosyl ureides were the only intermediates identified in the sequence of reactions leading from monosaccharide to polymer, because of the quickly-escalating multiplicity of products. 

The study aids for this chapter include key terms and concepts (which are highlighted in bold, blue text within the chapter and defined in the Glossary (at the back of the book) and have hyperlinked definitions in the accompanying WileyPLUS course (www.wileyplus.com), and a summary of reactions involving monosaccharides. 

A brief summary has appeared on the use of carbohydrate precursors for the synthesis of chiral acyclic, heterocyclic, and carbocyclic compounds. The reaction of monosaccharides (e.g. o-mannose) with benzene or toluene in liquid hydrogen fluoride yielded l,l,2-triaryl-l,2-dideoxyalditols [e.g. (658)] that were further transformed into condensed aromatic hydrocarbons [e.g. (659) and purpuricene (660)]." ... 

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