title: Short and sweet: (D)-glucose to (L)-glucose and (L)-glucuronic acid.
abstract: The scarcity and expense of access to L-sugars and other rare sugars have prevented the exploitation of their biological potential; for example D-psicose, only recently available, has been recognized as an important new food. Here we give the definitive and cheap synthesis of 99.4% pure L-glucose from D-glucose which requires purification of neither intermediates nor final product other than extraction into and removal of solvents; a simple crystallization will raise the purity to >99.8%.
authors: Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA (UK).
authors: R Fernando
authors: RF
authors: Martínez
authors: Zilei
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: Andreas F G
authors: AF
authors: Glawar
authors: Akihide
authors: A
authors: Yoshihara
authors: Ken
authors: K
authors: Izumori
authors: George W J
authors: GW
authors: Fleet
authors: Sarah F
authors: SF
authors: Jenkinson
mesh_terms: D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation
chemical_list: D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D005947:Glucose
keywords: L-glucose; carbohydrates; organic synthesis; rare sugars