Dicarboxylic acids produced by oxygen-alkali treatment of birch xylan
Journal article, 1975

C-(2-Hydroxyethyl)tartronic acid is predominant among the dicarboxylic acids and its formation in 12 % yield makes it a major product from xylan. The structure indicates that it is formed from terminal, oxidized xylose units by beta-elimination at C-4 and subsequent benzilic acid rearrangement. It is proposed that 2-ulosonic acid end-groups or ulosono-1,5-lactone end-groups, related in structure to ascorbic acid, are formed as precursors.

chromatography

mass spectrometry

wood

oxidation

xylose

pulp

Author

Lars Löwendahl

Department of Engineering Chemistry

Göran Petersson

Department of Engineering Chemistry

Olof Samuelson

Department of Engineering Chemistry

Acta Chem. Scand. B

Vol. 29 4 526-527

Subject Categories

Analytical Chemistry

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10/7/2017