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MANY organic compounds can be selectively oxidized by manganese dioxide at room temperature in non-aqueous media1,2. High oxidative yields from both primary and secondary αβ-unsaturated alcohols3 and saturated alcohols4 have been reported under suitable experimental conditions. Little work has been reported on the action of manganese dioxide on carbohydrates. Mannitol in aqueous solution has been shown to undergo decarboxylation5, while recently Bose, Foster, Salim, Stacey and Webber6 isolated several products from disaccharides treated at 100° for 1 hr. with manganese dioxide.
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MOODY, G. Action of Manganese Dioxide on D-Fructose. Nature 195, 71–72 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195071a0
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