Xylitol pentacetate explained

Xylitol pentacetate is an organic compound with the formula C15H22O10. It is an acetylated sugar alcohol that is used as an intermediary in the production of xylitol pentanitrate.[1] It is also commonly made to isolate and identify xylitol from complex organic mixtures.[2]

Synthesis

Xylitol pentacetate is made by the addition of acetic anhydride and sodium acetate to xylitol.

References

  1. Wright . I. G. . Hayward . L. D. . The Pentitol Pentanitrates . February 1960 . Canadian Journal of Chemistry . en . 38 . 2 . 316–319 . 10.1139/v60-045 . 0008-4042.
  2. Moers . M.E.C. . Jones . D.M. . Eakin . P.A. . Fallick . A.E. . Griffiths . H. . Larter . S.R. . 1993 . Carbohydrate diagenesis in hypersaline environments: application of GC-IRMS to the stable isotope analysis of derivatized saccharides from surficial and buried sediments . Organic Geochemistry . en . 20 . 7 . 927–933 . 10.1016/0146-6380(93)90104-J. 1993OrGeo..20..927M .

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