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Preparation of levoglucosan (β-d-1,6-anhydroglucopyranose) by the thermodegradation of cellulose in a stream of superheated steam under reduced pressure

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It was shown that it is possible to prepare levoglucosan (β-D-1,6-anhydroglucopyranose) in a yield of not less than 40% by the thermodegradation of cellulose at low pressure with superheated steam as heat-transfer medium.

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  1. Forestry Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, USSR

    Ya. V. Épshtein, O. P. Golova & L. I. Durynina

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Épshtein, Y.V., Golova, O.P. & Durynina, L.I. Preparation of levoglucosan (β-d-1,6-anhydroglucopyranose) by the thermodegradation of cellulose in a stream of superheated steam under reduced pressure. Russ Chem Bull 8, 1089–1090 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00916681

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