Assertion: aldohexose's group | /r/MadeOf | potassium hydroxide
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text: First, reacting under agitation and aeration and aqueous solution comprising from about 1% to about 50% D-aldohexose-based compound or a mixture of D-aldohexose-based and from about 1,000 to about 1,000,000 unit activity of the enzyme D-aldohexose:oxygen 6-oxidoreductase per mole of D-aldohexose-based compound at a temperature of from about 1° C. to about 50° C. Second, condensing the resulting oxidation product by reacting the solution with from about 1 to about 40 molar equivalents of formaldehyde and from about 1 to about 13 molar equivalents of a base selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof, at a temperature of from about 15° C. to about 40° C. and at a pH of from about 12 to about 13.