Summary The present structures of turanose and melezitose are based on the supposed 1, 3, 4-trimethylfructose, a sirupy product obtained by Zempl6n and by Leitch from the fully methylated melezitose. The existence of the true, crystalline 1, 3, 4-trimethylfructose and the number and properties of the octaacetates and other derivatives of turanose indicate that neither carbon atom 5 nor carbon atom 6 of the fructose part of tiranose can carry the ...
[Simpson, Michael C.; Currie, Alan W. S.; Andersen, Jo-Ann M.; Cole-Hamilton, David J.; Green, Michael J. Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 1996 , # 9 p. 1793 - 1800]
