Glucal is the glycal formed from glucose.E.Fischer and K. Zasch. Sitzber. kgl.preuss. Akad Wiss., 16,311 (1913) It is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of oligosaccharides.Seeberger, P.H., et al. Aldrichimica Acta 30, 75, (1997)
Glucal and its derivatives can be converted to other chemically useful sugars using the Ferrier rearrangement.
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