Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, PL-80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
Abstract:
Rate constants for the mutarotation reaction of N-(p-chlorophenyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosylamine (NGlc) in methanol have been determined in the presence of transition metal chlorides (MCl(2)), at 25 degrees C. The activity of the metal ions catalyzing the alpha-pyranoside<-->beta-pyranoside interconversion has been found to increase in the following series: Mn(2+)