Some reactions of levoglucosenone

Pyrolysis of cellulose

Fred Shafizadeh, Yao Fu · Carbohydrate Research · 1973 · 323 citations

Applied Pyrolysis, Biomass Pyrolysis, Pyrolysis Process

Levoglucosenone (1,6-anhydro-3,4-dideoxy-.DELTA.3-.beta.-D-pyranosen-2-one). Major product of the acid-catalyzed pyrolysis of cellulose and related carbohydrates

Yuval Halpern, Richard Riffer, A. Broido · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1973 · 182 citations

Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering +15

Sodium borohydride reduction of conjugated aldehydes and ketones

M. Ross Johnson, Bruce Rickborn · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1970 · 161 citations

Ross Johnson, Altmetrics, Engineering +12

Acid-catalyzed degradation of d-fructose

Philip E. Shaw, James H. Tatum, Robert E. Berry · Carbohydrate Research · 1967 · 107 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +6

Preparation of 1,6-anhydro-3,4-dideoxy-β-D-glycero-hex-3-enopyranos-2-ulose (levoglucosenone) and some derivatives thereof

Fred Shafizadeh, Peter P. S. Chin · Carbohydrate Research · 1977 · 89 citations

Natural Product Synthesis, Derivatives, Medicine +4