Chem 336 - Spring 2002
Organic Chemistry III
Dr. Carl C. Wamser
Carey, pages 1008 - 1014:
Problems 25.18 - 34
1. Write all the steps in the mechanism by which open-chain D-ribose is converted into a furanose hemiacetal form (beta-D-ribofuranose), followed by conversion to an acetal form with methanol (methyl beta-D-ribofuranoside).