The broad objective of the study was to gain further knowledge of the reaction
rates and mechanisms by which carbohydrates, particularly 3(l-4) glucans, are transformed
and degraded in aqueous alkaline solutions.
While the isomerization, epimerization, and degradation of carbohydrates has
been extensively studied and reviewed, there are practically no kinetic data available
on these important reactions due apparently to a lack of reasonable procedures
for assay of the reaction systems.
Because of the important theoretical, physiological, and industrial implications
of these reactions, it appeared useful to have kinetic data on them and concomitantly
thus to develop a method for obtaining such data. The specific problem selected for study from this broad area was the measurement
of reaction rates prevailing in the homogeneous system: cellobiose-l molar
sodium hydroxide-water at 22°C. and to derive-the related rate constants from the
reaction rate expressions and then to assess current understanding of these reactions
in light of the kinetic data obtained.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/5657 |
| Date | 01 January 1969 |
| Creators | MacLaurin, Donald James |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 3663152 bytes, application/pdf |
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