THE SYNTHESIS OF ACETAMIDO-DEOXY KETOSES BY ACETOBACTER SUBOXYDANS: PART III

Abstract
1-Acetamido-1-deoxy-D-arabinitol, 1-acetamido-1-deoxy-D-ribitol, and 1-acetamido-1-deoxy-D-mannitol were synthesized and characterized. Microbiological oxidation of 1-acetamido-1-deoxy-D-arabinitol and 1-acetamido-1-deoxy-D-ribitol gave the crystalline acyclic 2-pentuloses 5-acetamido-5-deoxy-D-threo-pentulose and 5-acetamido-5-deoxy-L-erythro-pentulose respectively.