Carbohydrate chemistry : fundamentals and applications / by Raimo Alén
- Author:
- Alén, Raimo, 1951-
- Published:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2018.
- Physical Description:
- x, 586 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Historical Background of Carbohydrate Utilization and Chemistry -- 2.1.The Era Before the 1800s -- 2.2.The Time After the 1700s -- 3.Isomerism -- 3.1.General -- 3.2.Constitutional Isomerism -- 3.3.Basic Factors Influencing the Three-dimensional Compound Structures -- 3.4.Stereoisomerism -- 3.5.Racemic Modifications -- 3.6.Conformational Isomerism -- 3.7.Geometric Isomerism -- 4.Representation of Open-chain Chiral Molecules as Planar Formulas -- 4.1.The Fischer Projection -- 4.2.The Total Number of Stereoisomers -- 5.Configuration -- 5.1.Fundamental Definitions -- 5.2.Relative and Absolute Configuration -- 6.Cyclic Forms of Monosaccharides -- 6.1.Mutarotation -- 6.2.Planar Formulas -- 6.3.Naming of Conformations -- 7.Naming of Monosaccharides -- 7.1.Aldoses -- 7.2.Ketoses -- 7.3.Cyclic Forms -- 8.Carbohydrate Biosynthesis -- 8.1.Photosynthesis -- 8.2.Polysaccharides -- 9.Natural Carbohydrates and Their Derivatives -- 9.1.Monosaccharides -- 9.1.1.Aldose monosaccharides -- 9.1.2.Ketose monosaccharides -- 9.2.Monosaccharide Derivatives -- 9.2.1.Anhydrosugars -- 9.2.2.Deoxy sugars -- 9.2.3.Diols and polyalcohols -- 9.2.4.Deoxy alditols -- 9.2.5.Other polyalcohols and their derivatives -- 9.2.6.Cycloalcohols -- 9.2.7.Oxidation products --- introduction -- 9.2.8.Aldonic acids and lactones -- 9.2.9.Hydroxy monocarboxylic acids and their derivatives -- 9.2.10.Hydroxy polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives -- 9.2.11.Ketoaldonic acids -- 9.2.12.Uronic acids -- 9.2.13.Nitrogen compounds -- 9.2.14.Other monosaccharide derivatives -- 9.2.15.Furans and their derivatives -- 9.3.Oligosaccharides and Their Derivatives -- 9.3.1.Disaccharides -- 9.3.2.Other oligosaccharides -- 9.3.3.Deoxy disaccharides -- 9.3.4.Disaccharide alcohols -- 9.3.5.Disaccharide uronic acids -- 9.3.6.Disaccharide nitrogen derivatives -- 9.4.Polysaccharides and Their Derivatives -- 9.4.1.Cellulose and its derivatives -- 9.4.2.Cellulose esters -- 9.4.3.Cellulose ethers -- 9.4.4.Other cellulose products -- 9.4.5.Other polysaccharides -- 10.Carbohydrate Residue-containing Substance Groups -- 10.1.Glycosides -- 10.1.1.Cardiac glycosides -- 10.1.2.Cyanogenic glycosides -- 10.1.3.Glucosinolates -- 10.1.4.Other glycosides -- 10.2.Nucleic Acids -- 10.3.Vitamins -- 10.4.Antibiotics -- 10.4.1.Aminoglycosides -- 10.4.2.Macrolides -- 10.4.3.Lincomycins -- 10.4.4.Other antibiotics -- 10.5.Other Substance Groups -- 10.5.1.Hormones -- 10.5.2.Alkaloids -- 11.Characteristic Reactions of Carbohydrates -- 11.1.Monosaccharides -- 11.2.Polysaccharides -- 12.Utilization of Biomass -- 12.1.General Aspects -- 12.2.Production of Chemicals -- 12.3.Production of Biofuels -- 12.3.1.Fischer-Tropsch process -- 12.3.2.Pyrolysis -- 12.3.3.Anaerobic digestion -- 12.3.4.Production of bioenergy -- 12.4.Chemical Delignification -- 12.4.1.Kraft pulping -- 12.4.2.Sulfite pulping -- 12.4.3.Non-wood pulping -- 12.5.Integrated Biorefineries -- 12.5.1.Alkaline pre-treatments -- 12.5.2.Acidic pre-treatments -- 12.6.Concluding Remarks.
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- ISBN:
- 9789813223639 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9813223634 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9789813223646 (paperback alkaline paper)
9813223642 (paperback alkaline paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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