A photochemical route to D-ribulose: a Type I ring contraction of a diulose

Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications Pub Date: DOI: 10.1039/C29690001288

Abstract

D-Fructose is converted to D-ribulose using a photochemical Type I ring contraction as the key step in the sequence: isopropylidenation, oxidation, ring contraction, and hydrolysis.

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