Chem 336 - Spring 1999 - Organic Chemistry III
Portland State University - Dr. Carl C. Wamser

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Chapter 24 Homework

Brown & Foote, pages 988 - 997 :
Problems 24.10 - 15 , 18 - 24 , 26 - 34 , 39 - 45 , 50 - 51

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).