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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: curiouscat on February 25, 2013, 03:49:23 AM
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Would one expect any sort of reaction between aqueous Sucrose (C12H22O11) and the following molecule:
Context is, sugar is a potential solublizing agent for a reaction containing the haloydrin drawn above. Wanted to investigate if there is a likely interaction (I'm hoping not!)
A search of the usual reaction databases yielded nothing.
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I would not expect a reaction in the absence of a catalyst.
To be sure, you could dissolve the halohydrin and some sucrose in D2O and monitor the composition of the mixture by NMR for a day or two.
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To be sure, you could dissolve the halohydrin and some sucrose in D2O and monitor the composition of the mixture by NMR for a day or two.
Thanks Dan! That's a good idea. I'll see if I can get the wheels rolling for an NMR run. Although, I can monitor the halo-H on GC too; that might be simpler.