Hydrochloric Acid → Sweetrex

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Reaction Steps

2.5 mL of an aqueous solution of 245 g/L sodium chloride, 171 g/L glucose, 123 g/L fructose and 0.36 g/L hydrogen chloride was added 10 mL MIBK and stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere in a 25 mL sealed glass reactor tube at 140° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was cooled and 50 μL aqueous solution of 0.5M aluminum chloride was added. The mixture was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere in a 25 mL sealed glass reactor tube at 140° C. for two to four hours. The aqueous and organic phases were analyzed by HPLC. The results are given in table 2.

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