. 68, 1140(1 990).Di-D-fructose 2', 1:2,11-dianhydrides form complexes with metal cations if the two anomeric carbon atoms have the same configuration. Such anomers have the central 1,4-dioxane ring in a flexible form; complex formation involves 0-1, 0-1 ', 0-3, and 0-3', as confirmed by the X-ray crystal structure of the strontium complex of the P,P-dipyranose anomer. The a,p-anomers, and dianhydrides containing only furanose rings, do not form such complexes.Key words: difructose dianhydrides, complex formation with cations, crystal structure of complex, chromatographic separation on ion-exchange resins.STEPHEN JOHN ANGYAL, DONALD CHADWICK CRAIG, JACQUES DEFAYE et AND&€ GADELLE. Can. J. Chem. 68, 1140 (1990).Les 2', 1:2,11-dianhydrides du di-D-fructose forment des complexes avec les cations mCtalliques si les deux atomes de carbone anomtriques possedent la m&me configuration. Dans de tels anomeres, le cycle 1,4-dioxane central existe dans une conformation flexible; comrne il a Ct C Ctablie par diffraction des rayons-X sur le complexe de strontium de l'anomere P,P-dipyranose, la formation de complexe implique les atomes 0 -1,O-l ' , 0 -3 et 0-3'. Les anomeres a , P ainsi que les dianhydrides ne contenant que des cycles furanoses ne forment pas de tels complexes.Mots cle's : dianhydrides du difructose, formation de complexes avec les cations, structure cristalline du complexe, stparation par chromatographie sur des rCsines Cchangeuses d'ions.[Traduit par la revue]
IntroductionThe reaction of D-fructose or inulin with strong aqueous acids or with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride yields a mixture of difructose dianhydrides of which nine diastereomers have been isolated and characterized (2-5). To seDarate them. chromatographic methods are emplo$ed; five of tde anhydrides have been separated from each other by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (6). It seemed desirable to ascertain whether chromatography on cation-exchange resins in the calcium form (7) would be suitable for their separation. In principle, this method does not seem to offer much promise because fructosides do not form strong complexes with cations (8): fructofuranosides do not complex, a-fructopyranosides form only very weak complexes at 0-4-0-5, and p-fructopyranosides weak ones at 0-4-0-5 and 0-2-0-3. However, complexing involving hydroxyl groups of both fructose moie-