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Offline brasarehot

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N-acetylglucosamine hydrolysis under acidic conditions?
« on: January 22, 2012, 09:27:54 AM »
Are the products glucosamine + CH3(COOH)?
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Re: N-acetylglucosamine hydrolysis under acidic conditions?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 02:22:17 PM »
Essentially, yes.

It depends on the exact reagents used, amines are protonated in acidic conditions, so you would get a glucosammonium salt.
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