作者:Michael R. Hinton、Merilyn Manley-Harris、Kenneth I. Hardcastle、Donald E. Kiely
DOI:10.1080/07328303.2012.745550
日期:2013.1.1
This report describes the preparation of the four stereoisomeric pentaric acids by nitric acid oxidation of d-xylose, d-arabinose, l-arabinose, and d-ribose, with xylaric, d-arabinaric, and l-arabinaric acids being made in a reactor under computer control. The pentaric acids were converted to their crystalline N,N-dimethylpentaramides, derivatives that proved useful for isolation of the arabinaric acids from their respective oxidation mixtures. The N,N-dimethylpentaramides were readily convertible to the corresponding pentaric acid disodium salts in aqueous sodium chloride. The 2,3,4-O-triacetyl-N,N-dimethylpentaramides of xylaric, l-arabinaric, and ribaric acid were also prepared. Ribaric acid was isolated as crystalline 1,4(5,2)-ribarolactone and further characterized by x-ray crystallography.