Patent ID: 6204378
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: C07H

Abstract:
Process for the preparation of palatinitol, characterized in that:in a first stage, the epimerization of isomaltose is carried out under conditions which allow a mixture of .alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl (1.fwdarw.6)-D-mannose and isomaltose to be obtained,in a second stage, catalytic hydrogenation is carried out on this mixture,in a third stage, chromatographic depletion of the isomaltose in this hydrogenated mixture is carried out so as to obtain a roughly equimolecular mixture of .alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl (1.fwdarw.6)-D-sorbitol and .alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl (1.fwdarw.6)-D-mannitol.