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1 Monosulfate Esters of L-Ascorbic Acid DONALD W. LILLARD, JR. and PAUL A. SEIB

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Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

L-Ascorbate 2-Sulfate. In 1972 Halver and his colleagues (1) reported L-ascorbic acid 2-sulfate (AA2S, F i g . 1) was as effective as L-ascorbic acid (AA) in preventing scurvy in rainbow trout and coho salmon. Prior to that time, Ford and Ruoff (2) synthesized AA2S and showed the sulfate ester was more stable than AA to oxidative degradation. Those two reports stimulated the interest of C. W. Deyoe in AA2S because he was engaged in research on formulating catfish feed at Kansas State University. Fish feed is often produced in floating form by extrusion puffing, a process that destroys 70-80% of the L-ascorbic acid in the feed (3). In addition, L-ascorbate 2-sulfate appeared attractive as a potential form of vitamin C since AA2S occurs in Nature; i t is found in the dormant embryo of brine shrimp (4,5), in human urine (6), and in rat l i v e r , spleen, adrenal gland, and urine (7,8). Since there was no commercial supply of AA2S, Prof. Deyoe asked that our group produce a large amount of AA2S. A chronology of events concerning L-ascorbate 2-sulfate is given in Table I. The biological significance of AA2S has not been established. Its antiscorbutic activity appears species-dependent. AA2S is inactive in the guinea pig (14,15), but is active in fish and marginally active in the rhesus monkey (23). It is also p a r t i a l l y active i n insect diets (24). No data are available on man. It has been suggested that AA2S may serve as a storage form of AA, or as a direct sulfate donor in the biosynthesis of s u l fate esters (20,22). Wholebody radioautographs of fish intubated with radioactive L-ascorbate l - 14C or L-ascorbate 2-sulfate-S showed the radioactivity of both compounds was concentrated in the same organs, mainly the skin, fins, lower jaw-plate, kidney, l i v e r , and heart (25). However, in rats and guinea pigs (8), the uptake of AA by organs was different than observed for AA2S. To obtain large amounts of AA2S we f i r s t modified (16) the original procedure of Ford and Ruoff (2) and produced AA2S in 75% yield starting from 5,6-0-isopropylidene-L^-ascorbic acid. But we also found (16) a much better method to prepare AA2S (Figure 2) with the following attractive features; (a) the starting material 35

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Schweiger; Carbohydrate Sulfates ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1978.


Synthesis of 5,6-0-isopropylidene-L-ascorbate-2-sulfate.

Event

3 5

35

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1

Demonstration of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d s u l f o t r a n s f e r a s e a c t i v i t y i n r a t l i v e r and "colon homogenates which catalyzed format i o n of AA2S- S from L - a s c o r b i c a c i d and 3 -phosphoadenyls u l f a t e - S or sodium " s u l f a t e - S .

1976

Mohamaram et a l . (22)

I n c o r p o r a t i o n of s u l f a t e from AA2S i n t o c h o i n d r o i t i n s u l f a t e . Discovery of widespread d i s t r i b u t i o n of AA2S s u l f hydrolase.

C a r l s o n et a l . (17), Hatanaka et a l . I s o l a t i o n of AA2S s u l f h y d r o l a s e from a marine organism and and mammalian l i v e r . (18) and Roy, et a l . (19)

1974

1975-6 Hatanaka et a l . (20) and F l u h a r t y et a l . (21)

Seib et a l . (16)

1974

Synthesis of AA2S improved.

AA2S gave no a n t i s c o r b u t i c a c t i v i t y i n guinea p i g s .

(14) and Campeau et

1973- 4 Kuenzig et a l . a l . (15)

structure.

Determination of X-ray c r y s t a l l o g r a p h i c

1972- 3 Bond et a l . (5) and McClelland (13)

Discovery of AA2S i n human u r i n e ; d a i l y e x c r e t i o n reported to be 30-60mg of the dipotassium s a l t . Prevention of scurvy i n coho salmon and rainbow t r o u t by equivalent amount of AA2S or L-ascorbate.

Baker et a l . (6,Π.)

1971

I d e n t i f i c a t i o n of AA2S i n Nature from undeveloped cysts of b r i n e shrimp.

1972-3 Halver et a l . (J., 12)

Mead and Finamore (4)

Chu and Slaunwhite (9) and Mumma (10) în VAJUIO o x i d a t i v e s u l f a t i o n of ft-octanol and androsterone during mild o x i d a t i o n of L-ascorbate 2 - s u l f a t e (AA2S) i n non-aqueous media. ~~

Ford and Ruoff (2)

Reference

1969

1968

1965

Date

Table I. Chronology of L-Ascorbate 2-Sulfate

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Esters of

L-Ascorbic

Acid

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i s L-ascorbic a c i d , (b) the r e a c t i o n solvent i s water, (c) the conversion of AA to AA2S i s 98%, (d) the s u l f a t i o n r e a c t i o n i s r a p i d (< 30 minutes), (e) the s u l f a t i n g agent i s the s u l f u r t r i oxide complex of the l e a s t expensive t e r t i a r y amine ( t r i m e t h y l a mine), (f) the i s o l a t i o n of AA2S i s simple, and (g) a n a l y t i c a l l y pure c r y s t a l s of barium L-ascorbate 2 - s u l f a t e are i s o l a t e d i n 80% yield. Obviously, the chemical synthesis of AA2S presents l i t t l e difficulty (16). L-Ascorbate 6-Sulfate (AA6S). L-Ascorbate 6 - s u l f a t e (AA6S) i s an~intermediate (not i s o l a t e d ) i n t h e production (26) of La s c o r b y l 6-palmitate, a m a t e r i a l that i s used mainly to prevent o x i d a t i v e r a n c i d i t y (27) i n f a t s , o i l s , and dehydrated foods. In a d d i t i o n , L - a s c o r b y l 6-palmitate i s a u s e f u l a d d i t i v e i n breads (28) and cârotenoid c o l o r a n t s (29). L-Ascorbyl 6-palmitate i s synthesized by r e a c t i n g L-ascorbic a c i d TAA) with p a l m i t i c a c i d i n concentrated s u l f u r i c ac"id. The e s t e r i f i c a t i o n of AA i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d i s at f i r s t s u r p r i s i n g , s i n c e L-ascorbic a c i d i s r a p i d l y dehydrated and decarboxylated i n hot a c i d to give almost q u a n t i t a t i v e y i e l d s of f u r f u r a l (30). But the r i n g - s t r u c t u r e of AA i s very s t a b l e i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d at room temperature. We p r e v i o u s l y showed (26) that the absorbance (265nm) of a s o l u t i o n of AA Cx/3xlO" M) i n 95-98% s u l f u r i c a c i d was unchanged over a 46-day p e r i o d . We a l s o found the absorption maximum f o r unionized L-ascorbic a c i d (X 245nm at pH 2) s h i f t e d to longer wavelengtrï ( À 265nm) when AA was d i s s o l v e d i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d , i n d i c a t i n g that a d e l o c a l i z e d c a t i o n had formed i n the s t r o n g l y a c i d i c medium (Figure 3). We f u r t h e r speculated that the primary hyd r o x y l group of AA i s f u l l y s u l f a t e d i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d . Carbon-13 nmr measurements confirmed (26) the formation of the h y d r o x y a l l y l c a t i o n shown i n F i g u r e 3. The ^ C - s p e c t r a of AA i n 99% s u l f u r i c a c i d and of 4-deuterio-L-ascorbic a c i d i n water at pH 2 are shown i n Figure 4. The assignments of the resonance s i g n a l s were made from the r e l a x a t i o n r a t e s of the carbon atoms and from proton-coupled s p e c t r a . The assignments w i l l not be discussed here, s i n c e they are the subject of another paper (31). When AA i s d i s s o l v e d i n 99% s u l f u r i c a c i d , spectrum Β i n Figure 4 shows the r e a c t i o n products a l l have a set of s i x s i g n a l s which c l o s e l y resembles the set of s i g n a l s of AA i n water. Spectrum Β c l e a r l y shows the r e a c t i o n product contains three com ponents which are a l l c l o s e l y r e l a t e d to the s t r u c t u r e of AA. Thus, AA does not undergo dehydration and polymerization (32) i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d at room temperature. In t h i s r e p o r t , we describe the i s o l a t i o n and c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of the two p r i n c i p a l components formed when AA i s d i s s o l v e d i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d , namely, L-ascorbate 6 - s u l f a t e (AA6S) and L-ascorbate 5 - s u l f a t e (AA5S)T Other references to work on AA6"S" are given i n Table I I ; AA5S has not been reported -

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H-5

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179.37

116.06

176..14

80.51 69.81

77.64 77.43

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4.5-4.8.

2,2-dimethyl-2-silapentane-5-sulfonate.

266

apparently

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internal

L-ascorbic

D 0.

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relative

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244

1 7 5 .,72

71.50

61.41

4.53

4.68

white

113.90

+

177.65

0.5

6-sulfate

267

white

+

0.3

245

4.57

65.12

81.31 72.28

182.,34

113.01

178.08

255

H-4

232

C-6

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4.50

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65.33

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80.96 72.26

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115.70

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179.71

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265

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244

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3.73

3.74

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4.30

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volume, the r e s u l t i n g mixture contained only L - a s c o r b i c a c i d as determined by paper chromatography; and (4) tîïe 5- and 6-hydroxyls of AA would be expected to undergo very l i t t l e d i s u l f a t i o n s i n c e i t i s known (37) that v i c i n a l d i o l s do not form d i n i t r a t e s upon r e a c t i o n with the e l e c t r o p h i l i c nitronium i o n . Presumably, r e a c t i o n of d i o l s with s u l f u r t r i o x i d e i n concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d would g i v e the same r e s u l t . Attempts to i s o l a t e Component I I from the column e f f l u e n t were u n s u c c e s s f u l , because as we discovered l a t e r , s u l f a t e i s e l i m i n a t e d from AA5S i n the presence of barium i o n . In f a c t , Component I was thought to be the 4,5-unsaturated product formed by the e l i m i n a t i o n r e a c t i o n . The u.v. p r o p e r t i e s of Component I support the extended resonance system of three conjugated double bonds. Compared to L - a s c o r b i c a c i d , the a b s o r p t i o n maximum of Component I was s h i f t e d 15-20nm to longer wavelength ( X 260nm and 285nm at pH 2 and 7, r e s p e c t i v e l y , νΟΛΛίιΛ À 245nm and 265nm f o r AA at the same pH). In a d d i t i o n , Component I was very unstable above pH 7. We t h e r e f o r e decided to prepare AA5S by an unequivocal route, which i s shown i n F i g u r e 7. Reaction of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d i n p y r i dine with two e q u i v a l e n t s of t- b u t y l d i m e t h y l s i l y l c h l o r i d e f o l lowed by s u l f a t i o n with p y r i d i n e - s u l f u r t r i o x i d e gave 2 6-0-bZ&(t-butyldimethylsilyl. )-L-ascorbate 5 - s u l f a t e (AA5S). H y d r o l y t i c removal of the 2,6-blockThg group with 80% a c e t i c a c i d followed by ion-exchange chromatography gave the d e s i r e d AA5S. m a x

m a x

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We found Component I I was indeed i d e n t i c a l to AA5S. The two m a t e r i a l s co-migrated on paper chromatograms and on column chromatograms packed with 0-(diethylaminoethyl)-cellulose. The s t r u c t u r e of AA5S was r e a d i l y confirmed by u.v., c.m.r., and p.m.r. The carbon-13 spectrum (Figure 6, Table IV) showed that C-5 s h i f t e d downfield by ^6 ppm while C-4 and C-6 s h i f t e d s l i g h t l y upfield. In the p.m.r. spectrum the s i g n a l s of H-4 and H-6 were s i m i l a r to those of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d , whereas the s i g n a l of H-5 was apparently s h i f t e d downfield by 0.5-0.8 p.p.m. under the HOD peak (Table IV). The i s o l a t i o n of barium L-ascorbate 5 - s u l f a t e i n pure s o l i d form i s d i f f i c u l t because of the tendency of the molecule to undergo e l i m i n a t i o n of the s u l f a t e group. In one attempt, a s o l i d was i s o l a t e d that contained mostly AA5S as shown by c.m.r. s p e c t r o scopy. When an aqueous s o l u t i o n of the barium s a l t of AA5S was allowed to stand at room temperature, barium s u l f a t e p r e c i p i t a t e d i n i n c r e a s i n g amounts with time. Experimental General. A l l evaporations were done under reduced pressure below 50°. M e l t i n g p o i n t s were determined with a Thomas-Hoover apparatus. O p t i c a l r o t a t i o n s were obtained using a Swiss-made Kern p o l a r i m e t e r . L-Ascorbic a c i d was obtained from ICN


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CH OH

Acid

CH OR

2

H-C-OH

Esters of L-Ascorbic

CH OH

2

(l)pyridine +

H-Ç-OSO"

RCI

2

80%

acetic

H-C-OSO

acid, 30° 2hr.

(2)pyridine: SO

CH

3

R= C h U - C - S i 0

r CH,

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Pharmaceutical, Inc., C l e v e l a n d , Ohio. Concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d (99%, 37.0±0.15N) was obtained from F i s h e r S c i e n t i f i c , F a i r l a w n , NJ. T h i n - l a y e r chromatography was performed on microscope p l a t e s coated with s i l i c a g e l G (Brinkman Instruments, Inc., Westburg, New York). Compounds were heated by spraying with 50% aqueous s u l f u r i c a c i d followed by c h a r r i n g on a hot p l a t e . Descending paper chromatography was done u s i n g e t h y l acetate, a c e t i c a c i d , and water (6:3:2, V:V). Components were l o c a t e d using one of three d i p reagents. R&agznt A. Strongly reducing components were detected by d i p p i n g a chromatogram i n a s o l u t i o n of 0.7% (by weight) of s i l v e r n i t r a t e i n a mixture of acetone, concen t r a t e d ammonium hydroxide, and water (200:1:1). Reagent B. Mod erate to weakly reducing components were detected by d i p p i n g i n Reagent A followed by d i p p i n g i n a l c o h o l i c sodium Hydroxide (39). Rtag&nt C. Components with e n o l i c hydroxyls were detected by d i p p i n g i n a 1% f e r r i c c h l o r i d e i n 95% methanol (40). The r e l a t i v e m o b i l i t i e s and c o l o r r e a c t i o n s of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d and i t s monosulfate e s t e r s are given i n Table IV. U.v. s p e c t r a were obtained i n aqueous s o l u t i o n s using a Beckman Model DB-G spectrophotometer. Nuclear magnetic resonance s p e c t r a were recorded with a V a r i a n Model XL-100 spectrometer. For carbon-13 s p e c t r a , the n.m.r. instrument was coupled to a N i c o l e t 1084 pulse F o u r i e r transform system. Chemical s h i f t s are given i n ppm downfield from e x t e r n a l (^C) or i n t e r n a l (^H) sodium 2,2-dimethyl-2-silapentane-5-sulfonate (DSS). L-Ascorbate 6-Sulfate (AA6S). To o b t a i n good y i e l d s of AA6S, molecular oxygen should be e l i m i n a t e d from reagents and s o l v e n t s by b o i l i n g and/or purging with n i t r o g e n . ( P r e - p u r i f i e d grade, Matheson, Ε., Rutherford, New J e r s e y ) . L-Ascorbic a c i d (3g) was d i s s o l v e d with s t i r r i n g at 25° i n 99% s u l f u r i c a c i d (lOmL), and the s o l u t i o n held 4 h at 25°. The v i s c o u s r e a c t i o n mixture was added dropwise with r a p i d s t i r r i n g to e t h y l ether (300mL) a t -65°, which caused the s u l f a t e e s t e r s to p r e c i p i t a t e as a v i s c o u s gum. The ether was maintained a t -65° by o c c a s i o n a l , d i r e c t a d d i t i o n of s o l i d carbon d i o x i d e . While the ether mixture was s t i l l at -65°, aqueous saturated barium hydroxide was added (200mL) and the r e s u l t i n g mixture was allowed to warm to - 5 ° . The ether l a y e r was drawn o f f and washed twice with water (2 χ 150mL). The combined aqueous l a y e r s were kept a t 0-5° and n e u t r a l i z e d by a d d i t i o n of s o l i d barium hydroxide. Barium s u l f a t e was removed by f i l t r a t i o n , and the f i l t r a t e made to volume (lOOOmL). An a l iquot (lO.OmL) of the r e a c t i o n mixture reduced 3.65mL of 0.1N i o d i n e s o l u t i o n , whereas an a l i q u o t (5.0mL) of a known amount (1.015g) of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d i n 6% aqueous metaphosphoric a c i d (100.OmL) recTuced 11.6mL of 0.1N i o d i n e . The t i t e r s showed the aqueous e x t r a c t contained 74% of the e n e - d i o l groups put i n t o the concentrated s u l f u r i c a c i d . The remaining f i l t r a t e (990mL) was evaporated to a small


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volume, and made to 25.0mL with water. An a l i q u o t (lO.OmL) was subjected to ion-exchange chromatography on a column (2.6 χ 40cm) of (die thy lamino e t h y l ) - c e l l u l o s e (Whatman DE-52, H. Reeve Angel, Inc., C l i f t o n , New J e r s e y ) , which had been p r e v i o u s l y converted to the hydrogen s u l f a t e form by washing with 0.1M s u l f u r i c a c i d . The column was developed at a flow r a t e of 45ml h~* using a l i n e a r g r a d i e n t (0 -> 0.18M of s u l f u r i c a c i d . The absorbance of the e f f l u e n t was monitored at 254nm, and the components (Figure 5) were c o l l e c t e d i n a v o l u m e t r i c f l a s k over 6% metaphosphoric a c i d . The amount of each component was determined by i t s ab sorbance (245nm) and by i o d i m e t r i c t i t r a t i o n (Table I I I ) . Component I I I , which accounted f o r 81% of the r e a c t i o n pro ducts, was found to give a s i n g l e spot (paper chromatography, AA 0.59), which co-migrated with a sample of L-ascorbate 6 - s u l f a t e prepared as described by Allaudeen and Ramakrishnan (33). The spot r a p i d l y reduced s i l v e r and f e r r i c i o n s . Both samples had u.v. p r o p e r t i e s i d e n t i c a l to those of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d ( À 245nm at pH 2 and X 265nm at pH 7). ~ In a separate experiment Component I I I was i s o l a t e d as i t s barium s a l t a f t e r s e p a r a t i o n of the products obtained from a r e a c t i o n s t a r t i n g with 2.85g of L - a s c o r b i c a c i d . The column (2.6 χ 40cm) was developed as p r e v i o u s l y d e s c r i b e d , except a t o t a l of 400mL of 0.18M s u l f u r i c a c i d was used i n the l i n e a r , gradient e l u t i o n step, followed by 1800mL of 0.18M s u l f u r i c a c i d . Compo nent I I I was c o l l e c t e d i n a slowly s t i r r e d mixture of water (50ml) and barium carbonate that had p r e v i o u s l y been purged with nitrogen. A f t e r removal of barium s u l f a t e , the f i l t r a t e was concentrated to dryness to give barium L.-ascorbate 6 - s u l f a t e (5.0g) as an amor phous s o l i d which was 75"% barium AA6S as determined by u.v. analy sis . Anal. C a l c u l a t e d f o r 0.73 moles CftHôOgSBa +0.27 moles BaSO^ C, 13.44; H, 1.13; 0, 34.35; Ba, 41.50. Found: C, 13.33; H, 1.13; 0, 35.56; Ba, 47.54. The p.m.r. spectrum of barium AA6S at pH 7 (Table IV) agreed with that reported by Hatanaka, et a l . (34). R

m a x

m a x

L-Ascorbate 5 - S u l f a t e . To a p y r i d i n e (lOmL) s o l u t i o n of La s c o r b i c a c i d (1.5g) cooled i n an i c e bath was added 2.1 equival e n t s of ^ - b u t y l d i m e t h y l s i l y l c h l o r i d e (3.0g) ( A l d r i c h Chemical Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin). A f t e r 3 hr s t i r r i n g at 25°, t . l . c . (benzene, e t h y l acetate 9/1, V/V) showed the r e a c t i o n mixture contained one p r i n c i p a l (R 0.7) and one minor component (Rf 0.8). P y r i d i n e - s u l f u r t r i o x i d e (1.35g) was added, and the s u l f a t i o n r e a c t i o n allowed to proceed overnight at 25°. A f t e r s u l f a t i o n t . l . c . (chloroform, a c e t i c a c i d 3/2, V/V) showed one major spot at Rf 0.7. f

The r e a c t i o n mixture was evaporated to remove p y r i d i n e , and water (20mL) was added twice and the mixture re-evaporated to a t h i c k syrup. The syrup was d i s s o l v e d i n g l a c i a l a c e t i c a c i d (16mL), water (4mL) added, and the r e s u l t i n g mixture was held at 25°. A f t e r 12 hours t . l . c . (chloroform, a c e t i c a c i d 3/2, V/V)



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showed the r e a c t i o n mixture contained one p r i n c i p a l product at R.£ 0.2. Evaporation of the h y d r o l y s i s r e a c t i o n mixture to a small volume (lOmL) removed water, a c e t i c a c i d , and ^ - b u t y l d i m e t h y l s i lanol. Aqueous barium hydroxide was added to pH 7.0, and the mix ture was concentrated to ^25mL and a p p l i e d to a DEAE-cellulose (H , SO^") column. Developing the column with a gradient of s u l f u r i c a c i d (0 ->• 0.18M) eluted a m a t e r i a l whose m o b i l i t y was the same as that of Component I I (Figure 5). The column e f f l u e n t was c o l l e c t e d over barium carbonate as p r e v i o u s l y described to give 2.03 g of an amorphous s o l i d . The s o l i d barium s a l t of L - a s c o r b i c 5 - s u l f u r i c a c i d had i d e n t i c a l paper and chromatographic p r o p e r t i e s as those of Component I I . The s o l i d product d i d not give an ac ceptable elemental a n a l y s i s . The u.v., p.m.r., and c.m.r. s i g n a l s of AA5S are given i n Table IV. +

L-Ascorbic A c i d 4-d. The t i t l e compound was prepared by a mod i f i c a t i o n of the procedures of .Tolbert (41) and Brenner (42). LAscorbic a c i d (0.05 moles) was d i s s o l v e d and evaporated from de^ aerated deuterium oxide (lOmL) three times. To the dry m a t e r i a l was added 4M sodium methoxide i n methanol-cl (50mL), and the mix ture was r e f l u x e d 24 hours. The cooled a l c o h o l i c s o l u t i o n was added to water (lOOmL) c o n t a i n i n g 45g of s t r o n g l y a c i d i c , c a t i o n exchange r e s i n ( H ) . The r e s i n was removed, the f i l t r a t e f r e e z e d r i e d , and the residue d i s s o l v e d i n warm a c e t o n i t r i l e . Cooling gave white c r y s t a l s (2.8g, 32%) which had m.p. and a mixed m.p. of 192-3° with authentic L - a s c o r b i c a c i d . +

Ac knowledgment s The authors thank D. Mueller measurements.

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J . P a u k s t e l i s f o r c.m.r.

Abstract Methods to prepare L-ascorbate 2-,5-, and 6 - s u l f a t e s are given. The compounds wer e c h a r a c t e r i z e d by 1 H - a n d Cnuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and by u l t r a v i o l e t spectroscopy. The b i o l o g i c a l p r o p e r t i e s of L-ascorbate 2 - s u l f a t e are reviewed. 1 3

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