
%0 Journal Article
%A Angyal, SJ 
%A Wheen, RG 
%T The composition of reducing sugars in aqueous solution : glyceraldehyde, erythrose, threose
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1980/05/01
%V 33
%N 5
%P 1001-1011
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9801001
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9801001 
%X In the syrupy state, DL-glyceraldehyde, D-erythrose and D-threose consist mainly of mixtures of dimeric forms. Their aqueous solutions also contain some dimers; glyceraldehyde is present mainly as the aldehydrol, and the tetroses as mixtures of the furanoses and the aldehydrol. All the solutions contain some (> 1 %) of the aldehydo form. The proportion of the monomeric forms has been determined, from the 1H n.m.r. spectra, at various temperatures. 
