Sucrose chemistry control

The chemistry of sucrose (A), often termed Sucro-chemistry, has played a speciaT role in our studies of carbohydrates in view of its ubiquity and great importance in commerce. Our interest has been concentrated upon stereoselective chemical reactions, in the main by replacement of specific hydroxyl groups by other functional groups. The considerable progress made in this field, despite the complexities associated with the chemistry of this unique molecule, have been due to the application of mass spectrometry, n.m.r. and n.m.r. to the structure determination of the products obtained by simple but effective chromatographic control and, in the case of complex mixtures of products, through purification by column chromatography. 

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