Conformational analysis in carbohydrate chemistry. V. Formation of glycosidic anhydrides from heptoses

Abstract
The position of the equilibrium between aldoheptoses and their glycosidic anhydrides depends crucially on the configuration of the heptose. Depending on that configuration, the 1,6-anhydropyranose, the 1,7-anhydropyranose, or the 1,6-anhydrofuranose is the major product, its proportion varying from 99% to less than 1%. The position of the equilibrium is predictable from conformational considerations. 1,7-Anhydrofuranoses have not been encountered. The 1,3-dioxane ring of the 1,7-anhydropyranoses was found to assume a skew form.

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