Oxidation of some sugars with copper(III).
The titrimetric determination of glucose, fructose, mannose, galactose, arabinose, xylose and sucrose with potassium ditelluratocuprate(III) is described. On heating, pentoses and hexoses consume 20 and 24 equivalents of copper(III) per mole respectively, and sucrose consumes 48 equivalents.
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Chemical Laboratories University of Allahabad Allahabad, India.
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