Approximately five-million tons of alpha-glucoheptonate crystals are produced at the largest plant in the United States every year through the Kiliani-Fischer Mechanism. A side product of this reaction is alpha-glucoheptonate’s isomer companion beta-glucoheptonate. While alpha-glucoheptonate is a white crystal, beta-glucoheptonate has been described as non-crystalline material contained in the mother liquor of the reaction (US Patent 3679659 A). This presentation outlines the findings of a summer’s research on beta-glucoheptonate.

Separation of alpha and beta sodium glucoheptonate

249th National Meeting (2015)

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