Sucrose → HCID 71752857, compound

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Reaction Steps

The procedure of Hough, Mufti, and Khan, Carbohydrate Res., Vol. 21, pp. 144-147 (1972), is modified as shown below. To a solution of 15 g of sucrose (43.82 mmol) in 225 ml of pyridine, a solution of 54.95 g of trityl chloride (197.1 mmol, 4.5 equiv.) in 50 ml of pyridine is added dropwise over a period of 30 minutes. The reaction mixture is then stirred at room temperature for 4 days. After 4 days, the solution is concentrated to a brown syrup, which is dissolved in methylene chloride. This solution is further washed successively with 1M hydrochloric acid, saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, water, and brine and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The methylene chloride solution it then concentrated in vacuo and the residue applied on a column of silica gel packed in methylene chloride:acetone (4:1) and eluted with that solvent. The 1',6,6'-tri-O-tritylsucrose is obtained (28.59 g) in 58.8% yield as an off-white solid with a melting point of 127° to 130° C.

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