1H nuclear magnetic resonance studies on D-galactopyranoses with chirally deuterated hydroxymethyl groups revealed that the preferred rotamer about the C5—C6 bond of the D-galactopyranoses was not tg but gt. Studies on the stereochemistry of dehydrogenation of D-galactose oxidase from Dactyliumdendroides with chirally pure deuterated methyl β-D-galactopyranosides showed that there were two mechanisms for the enzymatic reaction: an efficient pro-S hydrogen atom specific oxidation and a far less efficient non-specific or pro-R specific oxidation.
使用手性氘代羟甲基基团的核磁共振技术研究D-半乳糖苷的结构,发现其C5-C6键的优先构象不是tg而是gt。使用手性纯的氘代甲基β-D-半乳糖苷研究Dactyliumdendroides的D-半乳糖氧化酶的立体化学,发现酶反应存在两种机制:高效的pro-S氢原子特异性氧化和远不如前者的非特异性或pro-R特异性氧化。