PROCESS FOR SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF PRIMARY ALCOHOLS AND NOVEL CARBOHYDRATE ALDEHYDES

摘要

A process for producing aldehydes, and/or carboxylic acids is described, in which a primary alcohol, especially a carbohydrate, is oxidised using a catalytic amount of a nitrosonium compound obtained by oxidising a nitroxyl compound in the presence of an enzyme compound capable of oxidation. Further described are oxidised carbohydrates containing at least 1 cyclic monosaccharide chain group carrying a carbaldehyde group per 25 monosaccharide units and per molecule.