sorbose
Sign in to saveSorbose is a ketose belonging to the group of sugars known as monosaccharides. It has a sweetness that is equivalent to sucrose (table sugar). The commercial production of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) often begins with sorbose. L-Sorbose is the configuration of the naturally occurring sugar. It can be prepared from inexpensive O-benzylglucose.
Research
1,025 papers- Rare sugar L-sorbose exerts antitumor activity by impairing glucose metabolism.Communications biology · 2023
- L-Sorbose-1-phosphate reductase.Methods in enzymology · 1982
- Psicose, sorbose and tagatose.Advances in carbohydrate chemistry · 1952
- 5-Desoxy-L-sorbose.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1947
- Combined engineering of l-sorbose dehydrogenase and fermentation optimization to increase 2-keto-l-gulonic acid production in Escherichia coli.Bioresource technology · 2023
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- 180.063
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- C₆H₁₂O₆
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Sorbose is a ketose belonging to the group of sugars known as monosaccharides. It has a sweetness that is equivalent to sucrose (table sugar). The commercial production of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) often begins with sorbose. L-Sorbose is the configuration of the naturally occurring sugar. It can be prepared from inexpensive O-benzylglucose.
==Synthesis== Under conditions employed for a Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction, the tetra-O-benzyl aldose converts to tetra-O-benzylsorbose. Hydrogenolysis removes the four benzyl groups, leaving sorbose.