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THE hexahydric alcohols mannitol, sorbitol and iditol all form dianhydro compounds on being heated with acid reagents. These compounds and the problem of their constitution have interested us for some time, and the structure of dianhydro mannitol (known as isomannide in the older literature) has already been proved to be that of 1: 4-3: 6-dianhydro mannitol2 (I).
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MONTGOMERY, R., WIGGINS, L. Constitution of the Dianhydrides of Sorbitol and Iditol. Nature 157, 372 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157372c0
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