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IN the course of work on the oxidation products of vitamin E, we have oxidized a number of samples of d-α-tocopherol and synthetic dl-α-tocopherol with alkaline potassium ferricyanide. In studying the products from these oxidations, the interesting observation was made that the oxidation product from d-α-tocopherol had a high optical rotation, [α]25D = + 31.5°, whereas that of dl-α-tocopherol had no detectable rotation. This difference provides a convenien+ method for distinguishing between the d- and the dl-forms.
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NELAN, D., ROBESON, C. Oxidation of α-Tocopherol with Potassium Ferricyanide and its Application to distinguishing d-α-Tocopherol from Synthetic dl-α-Tocopherol. Nature 193, 477 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193477a0
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