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Ultrasound in carbohydrate chemistry: sonophysical glucose oligomerisation and sonocatalysed sucrose oxidation
S Brochette-Lemoine1, S Trombotto, D Joannard
1Unité Mixte de Sucrochimie CNRS-Béghin-Say (UMR 143), Villeurbanne, France.
Abstract:
Both aspects of the interest in using ultrasound are illustrated by our results in the field of carbohydrate chemistry. The course of the heterogeneous reaction of glucose with hydrophobic alcohols in acidic medium is directed towards the oligomerisation of glucose because of the wetting of the glucose suspension due to the efficiency of the sonophysical mixing. On the other hand, a sonocatalysis is observed during the course of the oxidation of primary hydroxyl groups in homogeneous aqueous medium by the NaOCl/TEMPO system.
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