A NEW DERIVATIVE FOR IMPROVED GLC SEPARATION OF MANNOSE, GALACTOSE AND GLUCOSE

The procedure involving oxime formation followed by silylation for the analysis of standard hexoses by GC resulted in unseparated peaks for D-glucose, D-mannose and D-galactose. This procedure was therefore modified to obtain clear separation of hexoses. STOX (hydroxylamine containing phenyl-.beta.-D-glucopyranoside as the internal standard) was mixed with trimethylsilylimidazol or hexamethyldisilazane, and then added to a standard sugar mixture containing D-glucose, D-galactose and D-mannose. The mixture was analyzed by GC with OV-17/OV-22 as the stationary phase, resulting in 3 distinct peaks.