Carbohydrate Research 2005-01-17

Enzymatic synthesis of D-glucosaminic acid from D-glucosamine.

Fabio Pezzotti, Hélène Therisod, Michel Therisod

Index: Carbohydr. Res. 340(1) , 139-41, (2005)

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Abstract

D-glucosaminic acid (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-gluconic acid), a component of bacterial lipopolysaccharides and a chiral synthon, is easily prepared on a multigram scale by air oxidation of D-glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose) catalysed by glucose oxidase.