An Improvement in the Preparation of Some Carbohydrate Benzylidene Acetals

Abstract
Carbohydrate benzylidene and p- methoxybenzylidene acetals are easily prepared by treatment of various sugar derivatives with either benzaldehyde diethyl acetal or p- methoxybenzaldehyde diethyl acetal , respectively, in refluxing chloroform containing camphorsulfonic acid.