Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)
Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134042282
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20.5, Problem 10P
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The mechanism for the base-catalyzed conversion of D-fructose to D-glucose and D-mannose has to be written.

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In the conversion of D-fructose to D-glucose the base is required as a catalyst.  Therefore, such reactions are called base catalyzed reactions.  The base first removes a proton from carbon position 1 and forms an enolate ion.  The enolate ion is further protonated by the other proton.  That proton comes from the top or from the bottom of the planar sp2-hybridized carbon.

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