title: Solid state mutarotation of glucose.
abstract: It has been recently shown that mechanical milling can amorphize D-glucose without any mutarotation, giving rise to an anomerically pure amorphous sample. We have taken advantage of this exceptional possibility to study the kinetic of mutarotation in the amorphous solid state. The investigations have been performed in situ by time-resolved Raman spectroscopy. The results reveal an unexpected coupling between the mutarotation process and the structural relaxations involved in the glassy state.
authors.affiliation: Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dujardin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dudognon
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Willart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hédoux
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guinet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paccou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Descamps
mesh_terms: D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose