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THE conversion of 1 : 4-3 : 6-dianhydromannitol (I) and 1 : 4-3 : 6-dianhydrosorbitol (II) into the 1: 4-3 : 6-dianhydride of L-iditol (IV) has previously been reported by Fletcher and Goepp1, who effected the transformation by the dehydrogenation of either dianhydromannitol or dianhydrosorbitol with Raney nickel, followed by the hydrogenation of the intermediate, which is doubtless essentially the diketone (III). We have now effected the same transformation during studies on the deamination of amino-derivatives of sugar2 and sugar alcohol derivatives.
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BASHRORD, V., WIGGINS, L. Intercoversion of Dianhydro Hexitols and of Saccharic Acids. Nature 164, 573 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164573a0
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