Sugars trifluoroacetic acid

Neutral sugars were quantified by trifluoroacetic acid hydrolysis (3) and gas chormatography of alditol acetates (4). Uronic acids were determined by Blumenkrantz method... 

For the extraction of colourants from Rubia tinctorum (Figure 13.2) roots, mostly methanol, [42] water-methanol (with the addition of n-amyl alcohol in the case of lake extraction)[19,20] or water-ethanol solutions[38] are used. Additional hydrolysis can be performed with hydrochloric acid[8,19,20,34] and trifluoroacetic acid,[42] but also with madder root enzymes,[42] responsible for cleavage of anthraquinone glycosides into the corresponding aglycones and sugars. 

A rapid synthesis of cyclodepsipeptides containing sugar moieties was reported by Zhu and coworkers (Scheme 20) [88]. A three-component reaction of a sugar amino acid derivative 20a, an aldehyde b, and a dipeptide isocyanide c, followed by saponification and trifluoroacetic acid-promoted macrocyclization was employed to afford the cyclic amino sugar cyclopeptides d. This approach allows to systematically modify the amino acids and the carbohydrate residue, as well as the size of the macrocycle. Again, the only reagents used to mediate the formation of the... 

Trifluoroacetic acid is volatile, and thus readily removed. This acid was used by Albersheim and coworkers for the hydrolysis of plant cell-walls,39 and has since been employed for cell walls,40-43 plant mucilages,44 blood-group oligosaccharides,45 peptidogalactoman-nans,46 heparin,47 and disaccharides in blood and urine.48,49 It has also been suggested as an alternative to 6 M hydrochloric acid in the determination of amino sugars,50 and for the hydrolysis of polyalcohols produced by periodate oxidation of polysaccharides.503 Lee... 

Basic Protocol 2 Determination of Noncellulosic Neutral Sugars and Cellulose Content by Trifluoroacetic Acid Hydrolysis Followed by Sulfuric Acid Hydrolysis E3.2.4... 

DETERMINATION OF NONCELLULOSIC NEUTRAL SUGARS BY TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID (TFA) HYDROLYSIS... 

Transesterification, fatty acid analysis of lipids, 437, 439 Triacetin, lipase assays, 378 Triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, 371, 375, 378. See also Lipases Triacylglycerols, 432 Tributyrin, lipase assays, 378 Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) solubility index for protein hydrolysis, 152 in TBARS determination, 548-550 Trienes, conjugated, determination of, 515-517, 523-524, 526, 528 Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), for determination of neutral sugars, 721-722, 724-725, 729-730... 

Table IV. Corrected Sugar Yields after Intensive Hydrolysis of Wood and Pulp with Trifluoroacetic Acid ...

The first McCasland s pseudo-sugar, pseudo-a-DL-talopyranose (P) was synthesized from 4-acetoxy-2,3-dihydroxy-5-oxo-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid (6) as follows [13]. Reduction of the oxo acid 6 with sodium borohydride and subsequent esterification with methanol and trifluoroacetic acid, followed by acetylation gave methyl (1, 2, 3, 4/5)-2, 3, 4, 5-tetraacetoxycyclohexanecarboxylate (7). Hydrogenation of 7 with lithium aluminium hydride and successive acetylation yielded pseudo-a-DL-talopyranose pentaacetate (8). Hydrolysis of 8 in ethanolic hydrochloric acid gave pseudo-a-DL-talopyranose 9 in 23% overall yield from 6 [1] (Scheme 6). 

Analytical methods for the determination of malonaldehyde are particularly well developed. 2-Thiobarbituric acid in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid reacts with malonaldehyde to give a product whose absorption at 530 nm is proportional to the irradiation dose up to 400 rads. This reaction is proposed as a test for determining the absorbed dose, provided that the humidity of the sample, date of irradiation, and the temperature of storage are known.152 168 173 An alternative method is the reaction of malonaldehyde with 2-methylindole.174 The same reaction has also been used for the determination of deoxy sugars, but this requires oxidation with periodate to give malonaldehyde.175,176... 

DIB, BTI and perfluoro-DIB were suitable precursors the last was most effective under photochemical conditions, whereas DIB and BTI were used either thermally or photochemically for DIB, best results were obtained with added trifluoroacetic acid, photochemically. Not only alkyl but other more complex free radicals could also be introduced, notably acyl radicals. Products derived from acids bearing sugar moieties were obtained in low to moderate yield. In the case of acetonides complete retention of the initial configuration was observed. This high diastereoselectivity... 

The first question concerns the nature and relative proportions of constituent monosaccharides. In principle, this is obtained by acidic hydrolysis (Biermann 1988) but, in practice, it must be carefully applied as there are a certain number of important specific cases. Hydrochloric, sulfuric, and trifluoroacetic acids are used whose 1 N solutions have a pH of 0.1, 0.3, and 0.7, respectively. When hydrolysis liberates monosaccharides fragile in an acidic medium, a delicate balance between the risk of incomplete hydrolysis and partial destruction of the hydrolysis product must be maintained. The fragile sugars are pentoses, deoxy sugars, and uronic and aldonic acids. When sialic acid is kept for 30 min at 90°C in 0.01 M HCl, 20% decomposition occurs. With neutral polysaccharides, decomposition can be limited to less than 9%. The acetyl groups of acetamides are hydrolysed and relatively stable protonated amino sugars are obtained. 

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