Acetic Acid → Octadecanoic acid--hex-2-ulofuranosyl hexopyranoside (1/1)

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In 4 l of dimethylformamide was dissolved 1 kg (2.93 mols) of sucrose at 90° C., followed by addition of 10 g of potassium carbonate and 600 g (2 mols) of methyl stearate, and the mixture was reacted under a reduced pressure of 70-90 mmHg at 90° C. for 3 hours. Then, 8 ml of acetic acid was added and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in 5 l of methyl ethyl ketone and the solution was washed with 3 portions of water. The methyl ethyl ketone was then removed under reduced pressure and the residue was recrystallized from acetone to provide 950 g of sucrose stearic acid ester.

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