“Furan Endwise Peeling” of Celluloses: Mechanistic Studies and Application Perspectives of a Novel Reaction

…, T Rosenau, M Karakawa, F Nakatsubo

Index: Yoneda, Yuko; Krainz, Karin; Liebner, Falk; Potthast, Antje; Rosenau, Thomas; Karakawa, Makoto; Nakatsubo, Fumiaki European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 , # 3 p. 475 - 484

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Abstract

Abstract The mechanism of a novel reaction type, the “furan endwise peeling” reaction, has been studied. Making extensive use of experiments on model compounds, the structural prerequisites to the reaction were found to be a 2-hydroxpyran β-glycosidically linked to a 2- (2-furyl) ethyl moiety. Proceeding from the reducing end of the celluloses, the reaction causes the one-by-one loss of anhydroglucose units (AGUs) which are concomitantly ...