Cacao polysaccharides was written by Whistler, Roy L.;Masak, Edward Jr.;Plunkett, R. A.. And the article was included in Journal of the American Chemical Society in 1956.Safety of (2R,3R,4S,5S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyhexanal hydrate This article mentions the following:
The husks of mature Caracas cacao fruits extracted with EtOH and Me2CO, the residue heated 0.5 h. at 15 lb. pressure in an autoclave with H2O (50 cc./g.) and filtered, the filtrate poured into 2 volumes 95% EtOH, and the precipitated H2O-soluble polysaccharide (I) washed with EtOH and dried over CaCl2 in a vacuum desiccator gave material, [α]D25 114°, intrinsic viscosity 10.12, pH 1% solution 6.36, natural ash 8.2%, ash after dialysis 0.3%, containing 0.557% N. The seed shaken 2 h. at room temperature with H2O, and the mucilaginous seed coat extracted in a similar manner gave the seed polysaccharide (II), [α]D25 106°, intrinsic viscosity 6.73, pH 1% solution 6.85, ash natural 8.3%, ash after dialysis 0.2%, containing 3.68% N. Aqueous 1% I diluted at 25° with stirring with increments of absolute EtOH, the mixture stirred after addition of each increment 10 min. and centrifuged 10 min. at 804 times gravity, and the precipitates dried and weighed gave only in the range 54.5-62.0% by volume EtOH precipitates II precipitated under similar conditions within the range 64.8-70.0% EtOH. Aqueous 1% I precipitated in the same manner with 1.0M KCl gave a precipitate of 16.5% of the I by a total KCl molarity of 0.60; no precipitation of II occurred up to 0.83M KCl concentration Sep. samples of I hydrolyzed 8 h. at 100° with N H2SO4 or HCl, neutralized with BaCO3 or Ag2O, resp., and the hydrolyzate chromatographed on paper showed the presence of rhamnose (III), arabinose (IV), glucose (V), galactose (VI), and a slow moving spot. I (and II) gave a pos. test for P and neg. tests for urinic acid and sulfate. I hydrolyzed at 43° with 2% H2SO4, and 2-cc. aliquots withdrawn periodically, neutralized with BaCO3, filtered, and chromatographed showed the following order of release of monosaccharides: IV 0.5 h., VI 1.5 h., mannose and phosphate 8 h., III 12 h. II gave similarly: IV 0.5 h., mannose 1.5 h., VI 5, III and phosphate 8 h. I hydrolyzed with 5% H2SO4 and in another case with 43% HCl, the resulting sugar sirup (3.8 g.) chromatographed with 18:3:1:4 EtOAc-AcOH-HCO2H-H2O on a cellulose column gave 246 mg. III [obtained from a thick aqueous sirup as α-
(2R,3R,4S,5S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyhexanal hydrate (cas: 10030-85-0) belongs to alcohols. Because alcohols are easily synthesized and easily transformed into other compounds, they serve as important intermediates in organic synthesis. Converting an alcohol to an alkene requires removal of the hydroxyl group and a hydrogen atom on the neighbouring carbon atom. Dehydrations are most commonly carried out by warming the alcohol in the presence of a strong dehydrating acid, such as concentrated sulfuric acid.Safety of (2R,3R,4S,5S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyhexanal hydrate
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