%0 Journal Article %A L. M. Stefan and A. M. Pana and M. Silion and M. Balan and G. Bandur and L. M. Rusnac %D 2011 %J International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 52, 2011 %T Efficient Preparation and Characterization of Carbohydrate Based Monomers. D-mannose Derivatives %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11085 %V 52 %X The field of polymeric biomaterials is very important from the socio-economical viewpoint. Synthetic carbohydrate polymers are being increasingly investigated as biodegradable, biocompatible and biorenewable materials. The aim of this study was to synthesize and characterize some derivatives based on D-mannose. D-mannose was chemically modified to obtain 1-O-allyl-2,3:5,6-di- O-isopropylidene-D-mannofuranose and 1-O-(2-,3--epoxy-propyl)- 2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-D-mannofuranose. The chemical structure of the resulting compounds was characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy, and by HPLC-MS. %P 298 - 302