| abstract |
Carbohydrates, containing vicinal hydroxy groups in the monomeric unit, such as starches, glycogens, dextrans, sucrose and the like are smoothly oxidized to the corresponding open chain dicarboxyl derivatives by silver oxide or a mixture of silver oxide and silver in an aqueous alkaline medium. The dicarboxyl derivatives of carbohydrates produced by the aforementioned process are useful as detergency builders and soil suspending agents. |