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400 GLUCAL.<br />

HCOH<br />

OH<br />

d-Galactose<br />

MUCIC ACID. DULCITOL<br />

HCOH<br />

al<br />

HOCH<br />

HOCH<br />

si<br />

HCOH<br />

el COOH<br />

Mucic acid<br />

CH2OH<br />

HCOH<br />

HOCH<br />

HOCH<br />

HCOH<br />

CH2OH<br />

Dulcitol<br />

Like the pentoses, mucic acid loses three molecules <strong>of</strong> water and is<br />

converted, as described on p. 386, into derivatives <strong>of</strong> furane ; with concentrated<br />

hydrochloric acid the product isfurane-a : d-dicarbozylic acid.<br />

Dry distillation yields furane-a-carboxylic or pyromucic acid.<br />

HOCH- -HCOH<br />

CH—CH<br />

I II II —><br />

HOOCHCOH HOCH COOH HOOC.C C.COOH<br />

0 0<br />

CH—CH<br />

I I •<br />

CH C.COOH<br />

Pyrogenic decomposition <strong>of</strong> mucic acid in the manner indicated above<br />

but in presence <strong>of</strong> NH3 yields pyrrole, the important unit from which<br />

chlorophyll and blood pigments are built up (see p. 407). The oxygen<br />

bridge in the furane ring is replaced by NH—a general reaction <strong>of</strong> heterorings<br />

containing oxygen.<br />

Ascorbic acid, which is closely related to the sugars and is no doubt<br />

derived from them in the metabolism <strong>of</strong> the cells <strong>of</strong> plants, has been<br />

shown to be identical with vitamin- G (Szent-Gyorgyi). It has the constitution<br />

<strong>of</strong> a lactone <strong>of</strong> a-keto-Z-gulonic acid (W. N. Haworth, T.<br />

Reichstein) :<br />

HO.C^C.OH<br />

HOH2C.H(H0)C-<br />

-CH CO<br />

Monographs: Tollens-Elsner, Kurzes Lehrbuch der Kohlenhydrate,<br />

Leipzig, 1935 ; W. N. Haworth, The Constitution <strong>of</strong> Sugars, London,<br />

1929 ; Kurt Hess, Die Ghemie der Zellulose und ihrer Begleiter, Leipzig,<br />

1928 ; H. Staudinger, Die hochmolekularen organischen Verbindungen,<br />

Berlin, 1932.

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