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Enzymatic synthesis of D-glucosaminic acid from D-glucosamine.

Pezzotti F, Therisod H, Therisod M

Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, UMR 8124, ICMMO, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.

D-glucosaminic acid (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-gluconic acid), a component of bacterial lipopolysaccharides and a chiral synthon, is easily prepared on a multigram scale by air oxidation of D-glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose) catalysed by glucose oxidase.

Published 28 December 2004 in Carbohydr Res, 340(1): 139-41.
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