Synthesis of monoesters ofD-sorbitol and aromatic acids

Water-soluble monoesters ofD-sorbitol with aromatic acids have been synthesized by the transesterification of their methyl esters. The structures of the compounds obtained have been confirmed by IR, UV, and¹³C NMR spectroscopies.A. B. Bekturov Institute of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty [Alma-Ata], ul. Sh. Ualikhanova, 106, fax 61 57 65. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 735–737, September–October, 1997.