2,3-Dihydroxybutanedioic Acid → L-Tartaric acid

HRID 1402645Notes

Reaction equation

C([O-])(=O)C([O-])=O.[Na+].[Na+].[C:9]([OH:18])(=[O:17])[CH:10]([CH:12]([C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])[OH:13])[OH:11]>>[C:9]([OH:18])(=[O:17])[C@@H:10]([C@H:12]([C:14]([OH:16])=[O:15])[OH:13])[OH:11]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 8752,3-Dihydroxybutanedioic Acid

HCID 6125Sodium Oxalate

Product 1

HCID 444305L-Tartaric acid

Procedure

After approximately 6 hours of boiling a small amount of solids appeared. 1H-NMR and IR analysis showed this solid to be primarily sodium oxalate, a tartaric acid degradation product.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-00f8e0f8220a496c9b4569c0f5ff81d6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2014_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08911796B2

Reaction notes

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