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HRID 1165560Generated: October 29, 2026

Potassium Hydroxide → Potassium D-lyxonate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassium HydroxideHCID 14797—
Reactant(2R,3S,4S,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanalHCID 3037556—
ProductPotassium D-lyxonateHCID 23666384—

Reaction Steps

oxidizing D-galactose in alcoholic KOH to open the pyranose ring and form potassium D-lyxonate,

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04910310
Source datasetuspto-grants-1990_03
ORD IDord-e9e09f05cec6486b8701ebb058718c75
Source noteuspto-grants-1990_03