Abstract: The kinetics of anomerization of the aldohexose, o-talose, have been studied by several NMR methods in order to evaluate their limitations, complementarity, and internal consistency and to further explore the effect of monosaccharide structure on reactivity. By use of~-[l-'~ C] talose and I3C NMR spectroscopy, six tautomeric forms were detected and quantitated in aqueous solution: CY-and p-talofuranoses, a-and 8-talopyranoses, hydrate ...