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HRID 1759247Generated: October 31, 2026

Formaldehyde → N-Methyl-1-Deoxynojirimycin

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
Reactant(3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-(Hydroxymethyl)-2,3,4,5-piperidinetetrolHCID 65242—
CatalystPlatinumHCID 23939—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
ProductN-Methyl-1-DeoxynojirimycinHCID 9238185%

Reaction Steps

179 mg of nojirimycin is dissolved in 20 ml of water, followed by adding 1 ml of formalin, adding 100 mg of platinum on carbon catalyst and carrying out a catalytic reduction at ordinary temperature and under atmospheric pressure. The following treatments are carried out in the same manner as in Example 2 to obtain 150 mg (85%) of N-methyl moranoline.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04339585
Source datasetuspto-grants-1982_07
ORD IDord-9484f7600e0a41e3a0572fd586ec3f9e
Source noteuspto-grants-1982_07