Dialdose

In chemistry, a dialdose is a monosaccharide containing two aldehyde groups.[1] For example, the hexodialdose O=CH–(CHOH)4–CH=O, obtained by reducing glucose with sodium amalgam.[2]

References
  1. Sławomir Jarosz (1994): "Synthesis of derivatives of C19 and C21 dialdoses". Tetrahedron Letters, volume 35, issue 41, pages 7655-7658. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)78367-5
  2. Franz Gottwalt Fischer, Helmut Schmidt (1960): "D‐gluco‐Hexodialdose". Chemische Berichte, volume 93, issue 3, pages 658-662. doi:10.1002/cber.19600930319


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