The Preparation of 1, 5-Anhydro-D-mannitol (Styracitol) from D-Mannitol

HG Fletcher Jr, HW Diehl

Index: Fletcher; Diehl Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1952 , vol. 74, p. 3175

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Abstract

Experimental In each experiment 30.0 g. of pure D-mannitol was diisolved in 200 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and the solution boiled gently under reflux for the specified time (Table I). The reaction mixture was then Concentrated in oacuo to a sirup, dissolved in 150 ml. of water, treated with decolorizing carbon and reconcentrated in vacuo. After the evaporation (in vacuo) of two successive 50-ml. batches of absolute alcohol from the ...