Chapter 22 – Carbohydrate Chemistry: Part 3 of 7

In this video I'll show you what happens when simple sugars are reacted with sodium borohydride (NaBH4), bromine (Br2), and nitric acid (HNO3). I’ll also teach about the Fischer-Kiliani synthesis, with its mechanism.

[bonbonpony]

2:34 Why it cannot oxidize the remaining (secondary) –OH groups? Is there any reason for that? And what is the reason behind the bigger "oxidizing power" of HNO3 when compared to bromine?

[童乙]

Hi, Mike Christiansen,

for the first reaction, if we use H2/Pd instead, will we get the exact same product?