Nonitols, configurations

The configuration also lies in the D-mannose series (o-manno-L-gfuZo-nonitol) it is in the more accessible path in two of the three steps, and only the passage from the D-manno-n-giaZa-heptose to n-manno-L-gfZuco-octose might be expected to give a low yield. 

Four octitols, one nonitol, one decitol, and one dodecitol have been de-described. Of these only the configurations of the octitols are completely known. None occurs naturally. 

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