
%0 Journal Article
%A Ooi, Hua Chee 
%A Marcuccio, Sebastian M. 
%A Jackson, W. Roy 
%T A New Preparation of the Diastereoisomeric <emph type="2">N</emph>-Acetylneuraminic Alditols
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2000/06/26
%V 53
%N 3
%P 171-174
%K Acetylneuraminic alditols; diastereoisomers; separation.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH99140
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH99140 
%X Acylation of the alditols (2) obtained by sodium borohydride reduction of N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) (1) gives a mixture of lactones (3) and (4) which can be separated and deprotected without epimerization yielding pure samples of the diastereoisomeric N-acetylneuraminic alditols (5) and (6). 
