The coupling constant of anomeric hydrogen for mannopyranosyl 7c was 4.0 Hz in both the anomers. Finally the synthesis of glycopyranosides was supported by one of the crystal structure for a-anomer, O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-mannopyranosyl)(4R,5R)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dicarboxylate 7c by X-ray crystallography (Figure 1).
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The two conformations of glucose are called anomers. There is the alpha ([alpha]) anomer and the beta ([beta]) anomer, and the difference between them has tremendous significance in animal nutrition.
These linkages may be made between [alpha] glucose anomers or [beta] glucose anomers.
Use the following terms in a description of the structural and nutritional differences between starch and cellulose: monosaccharide, glycosidic bond, alpha anomer, beta anomer.
anomers represented by the following formula A or formula B: ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-6 alkyl and C.sub.6-15 aryl and Bz is benzoyl.
Con A preferentially binds the alpha
anomer and the two
anomers were bound in different conformations.
The peaks at 2.03 and 2.05 ppm were assigned to the N-acetyl protons of the [alpha] and [beta] anomers of sialic acid, respectively.
For the fifth sample, we have concluded that the NMR result is the more correct one for the following reasons: (a) the peak assigned to the [beta] resonance (the largest component) is at the appropriate frequency; (b) the sum of peak areas of the carbon-3 proton resources at 1.84 and 2.24 ppm is in the appropriate ratio to that of the [beta] peak (~1:3); (c) the ratio of [beta]/[alpha] anomers is 6.52, which is well within the range of values for this ratio in the other samples (Table 1); and (d) the colorimetric assay for this sample demonstrated considerable interference, so it is possible that some sialate was not detected.