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Amino compound Open chain D-glucose
Open chain D-glucose
Open chain D-glucose
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This species is unstable and will lose water to produce the open chain form of the glycosylamine with a C-N double bond
Loss of water
Water of dehydration Open chain glycosylamine
Rearrangement of this compound will yield the Amadori compound Rearrangement of this compound will yield the Amadori compound. This sequence of reactions is known as the Amadori rearrangement.
Open chain glycosylamine
Open chain glycosylamine
Open chain Amadori compound
Attack by O-6 on the carbonyl group will close the ring producing a 1-deoxy-1-amino-D-fructopyranose compound (the Amadori product)
Open chain Amadori compound
(a 1-deoxy-1-amino-D-fructopyranose) The Amadori compound (a 1-deoxy-1-amino-D-fructopyranose)