Front Cover; Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Volume 5; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 5; Editors' Preface; Chapter 1. Applications in the Carbohydrate Field of Reductive Desulfurization by Raney Nickel; I. Introduction; II. Hydrogenolysis of Various Classes of Sulfur-Containing Sugar Derivatives; III. Tabular Survey of Reductive Desulfurizations in the Sugar Series; Chapter 2. Enzymatic Synthesis of Sucrose and Other Disaccharides; I. Introduction; II. Structure of Sucrose; III. Synthesis of Sucrose through the Mechanism of Phosphorolysis
IV. Discussion of the Principles Controlling and of the Factors Impairing the Formation of the Intermediate Compound between Carbohydrates and Their Specific EnzymesChapter 4. Enzymes Acting on Pectic Substances; I. Introduction; II. Pectin Chemistry and Nomenclature; III. Possible Changes Brought About in Pectic Substances by Enzymes; IV. Protopectinase; V. Pectin-polygalacturonase (PG); VI. Pectin-methylesterase (PM); VII. Role and Application of Pectic Enzymes; Chapter 5. The Relative Crystallinity of Celluloses; I. Introduction; II. Purpose; III. Historical; IV. X-ray Diffraction Studies
IV. Specificity of Sucrose PhosphorylaseV. Synthetic Non-reducing Disaccharides; VI. Synthetic Reducing Disaccharide; VII. Formation of Sucrose and Other Disaccharides through Exchange of Glycosidic Linkages; Chapter 3. Principles Underlying Enzyme Specificity in the Domain of Carbohydrates; I. Introduction; II. The Enzyme-Substrate Compound as Chemical Basis of Enzyme Speci-ficity; III. The Effect of Configurstional and Substitutional Changes in the Sugar Molecule on the Rate of Various Enzyme Reactions and Its Application in Marking the Contacting Groups in the Substrate
V. Chemical StudiesVI. Discussion; VII. Implications; Chapter 6. The Commercial Production of Crystalline Dextrose; I. Introduction; II. History; III. Manufacture; IV. Application of Ion Exchange Refining to the Commercial Manufacture of Crystalline Dextrose; Chapter 7. The Methyl Ethers of D-Glucose; I. Introduction; II. Monomethyl Ethers; III. Dimethyl Ethers; IV. Trimethyl Ethers; V. Tetramethyl Ethers; Chapter 8. Anhydrides of the Pentitols and Hexitols; I. Introduction; II. Anhydrides of Hexitols; III. Anhydrides of Pentitols; IV. Some Uses of Hexitol Anhydrides
V. Tables of Properties of Pentitol and Hexitol Anhydrides and Their DerivativesChapter 9. Action of Certain Alpha Amylases; I. Foreword; II. Introduction; III. Beta Amylases; IV. Alpha Amylases; V. Discussion and Summary; Chapter 10. Xylan; I. Introduction; II. Occurrence; III. Preetreatment of Plant Material for Polysaccharide Isolation; IV. Removal of Lignin; V. Extractive Isolation of Xylan; VI. Purification; VII. Composition and Structure; VIII. Oxidation; IX. Degree of Polymerization; X. Derivativas; XI. Biological Decomposition of Xylan; XII. Industrial Uses; XIII. Addendum