Carbohydrates reactivity

With the two milk protein sources (WPC and SC), one would have predicted from a thermal standpoint that WPC should have provided more volatiles than SC because it is a source of highly reactive carbohydrates. From Table III, it can be seen that this was not the case. However, only residual volatiles were evaluated and it is pausible that SC had retained more volatiles than WPC due to its higher protein content. 

Mari, A., Iacovacci, P., Afferni, C. et al. 1999. Specific IgE to cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants strongly affect the in vitro diagnosis of allergic diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol 103 1005-1011. 

Zuurmond, H M, van der Laan, S C, van der Marel, G A, van Boom, J H, Iodonium ion-assisted glycosylation of alkyl (aryl) 1-thio-glycosides regulation of stereoselectivity and reactivity, Carbohydr. Res., 215, C1-C3, 1991. 

Reductive lithiation [74] of epoxides (110) or oxiranes (107) is a good method for the preparation of highly reactive carbohydrate anions (111 or 108). Such species may also be obtained in a two-step procedure involving the opening of the epoxide ring with a tin nucleophile (to 109), which is replaced finally with lithium (O Scheme 30) [75]. 

Pietruszka, J. Modern glycosidation methods tuning of reactivity. Carbohydrates 2003, 195-218. 

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