The reaction between epichlorohydrin and polysaccharides: Part 2, synthesis of some model substances, with cyclic substituents

Eight derivatives of methyl α-d-glucopyranoside, in which the substituents are part of cyclic structures, have been prepared as model substances for possible structural elements formed on reaction of polysaccharides with epichlorohydrin. The substances were converted into the permethylated alditol-1-d acetates and characterised by CIMS and EIMS.