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A New Unsaturated Derivative of Glucuronic Acid

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Cox, Hirst and Reynolds1 in investigating Szent-Györgyi's hexuronic acid, have suggested that, this acid may have the following structures: COOH.CO.CO.CH2.CHOH.CH2OH⇄ COOH.CO.C(OH)=CH.CHOH.CH2OH It will be noted that the second (enol) structure has a double bond. The acid reduces neutral silver nitrate, Fehling's solution, iodine and neutral permanganate2, and yields a trimethyl ether and a triacetyl derivative.

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  1. NATURE, 130, 888, Dec. 10, 1932.

  2. Ibid, 129, 576, April 16, 1932.

  3. Ibid, 128, 187, Aug. 1, 1931, and Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind., 50, 959, 1931.

  4. R. T. Williams, Thesis, Univ. of Wales, April, 1932.

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    JOHN PRYDE & R. TECWYN WILLIAMS

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PRYDE, J., WILLIAMS, R. A New Unsaturated Derivative of Glucuronic Acid. Nature 131, 57 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131057a0

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