PREPARATIVE PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF CARBOHYDRATES ON CELITE COLUMNS

Abstract

Partition on Celite columns, using both elution and extrusion techniques, was found to be a convenient and satisfactory chromatographic method for preparative or analytical work involving carbohydrates and their derivatives. The method is superior to other chromatographic procedures for carbohydrates in resolution of mixtures; cost, ease, and speed of operation; yield and purity of products; and range of applicability. To illustrate these advantages a number of specific examples are given involving partially methylated derivatives of D-glucose and D-xylose and isolation of products from reaction mixtures.