PMR investigation into the structure of some n-substituted 1-amino-1-deoxy-D-fructoses (amadori rearrangement products) : Evidence for a preferential conformation in solution

The PMR spectra at 220 MHz of some Amadori rearrangement products deduced from D-glucose with p-toluidine (1), N-methylphenylamine (2), di-butylamine (4), piperdine (5), and morpholine (6) have been studied in detail.Compounds 1-6 appear to exist in solution predominantly as an equilibrium mixture of the furanose and pyranose ring. The pyranose ring occurs exclusively in the β(D)-²C₅-conformation (corresponds to Reeves 1C-conformation). The furanose ring probably exists as a mixture of both the β- and α-anomer, in which the β-anomer is favoured.