1954 年 74 巻 12 号 p. 1395-1397
Oxidation of L-fucitol with platinum catalyst gave L-fuconic acid only in a maximum of 10% yield and the remainder was found to have decomposed into oxalic and tartronic acids. The same oxidation of D-glucoxe gives D-gluconic acid in 30% yield, about the same result obtained with D-sorbitol.