Glucal is the
glycal formed from
glucose. It is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of
oligosaccharides.
[Seeberger, P.H., et al. ''Aldrichimica Acta'' 30, 75, (1997)]
Glucal and its derivatives can be converted to other chemically useful sugars using the
Ferrier rearrangement
The Ferrier rearrangement is an organic reaction that involves a nucleophilic substitution reaction combined with an allylic shift in a glycal (a 2,3-unsaturated compound, unsaturated glycoside). It was discovered by the carbohydrate chemist Robert ...
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References
Monosaccharides
Oxygen heterocycles
Heterocyclic compounds with 1 ring
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