title: Flow chemistry kinetic studies reveal reaction conditions for ready access to unsymmetrical trehalose analogues.
abstract: Monofunctionalization of trehalose, a widely-found symmetric plant disaccharide, was studied in a microreactor to give valuable kinetic insights that have allowed improvements in desymmetrization yields and the development of a reaction sequence for large scale monofunctionalizations that allow access to probes of trehalose's biological function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UKOX1 3TA.
authors.forename: Mitul K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Benjamin G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014199:Trehalose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014199:Trehalose