Authentic standards for the reductive-cleavage method. The positional isomers of partially methylated and acetylated or benzoylated 1,5-anhydro-D-xylitol

Described herein is the synthesis of the eight positional isomers of methylated and acetylated or benzoylated 1,5-anhydro-D-xylitol. The compounds are generated simultaneously from 1,5-anhydro-D-xylitol by sequential partial methylation and benzoylation. The individual isomers are obtained in pure form by high-performance liquid chromatography. Debenzoylation and acetylation yielded the desired acetates. Reported herein are the H-1 NMR spectra of the benzoates and the electron-ionization mass spectra of the acetates and the tri-O-methyl derivative. Also reported for the acetates and the tri-O-methyl derivative are their linear temperature-programmed gas-liquid chromatography retention indices on three different capillary columns. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.