THE COMPOSITION OF THE SUCROSE MONOMYRISTATE PREPARED BY TRANSESTERIFICATION

Abstract

The composition of the sucrose monomyristate which is obtained by reaction of sucrose with methyl myristate in dimethylformamide and in the presence of a basic catalyst was established by application of gas–liquid partition chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to appropriate derivatives. The substance is a mixture of 6′-myristoyl sucrose, 6-myristoyl sucrose, and unidentified isomeric esters in the relative proportions of 0.62:0.28:0.10, respectively.