The reagent periodate (IO4-) oxidatively cleaves the carbon--carbon bonds between two adjacent carbons carrying hydroxyl groups. Explain

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The reagent periodate (IO4-) oxidatively cleaves the carbon--carbon bonds between two adjacent carbons carrying hydroxyl groups. Explain how periodate oxidation might be used to distinguish between methyl glycosides of glucose in the pyranose and furanose forms.
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Biochemistry Concepts and Connections

ISBN: 978-0321839923

1st edition

Authors: Dean R. Appling, Spencer J. Anthony Cahill, Christopher K. Mathews

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