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4. On the Constitution of Mannite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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Chemists are in the habit of assigning to mannite the formula,

C6H14O6;

but the reasons which have hitherto been given for that formula seem not very conclusive. By a process of fermentation, alcohol and a number of other compounds of well established composition may be obtained from mannite; but inasmuch as disintegration takes place in this process, the formulæ of the products afford no guide to the constitution of the original body.

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Proceedings 1860-61
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1862

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References

page 566 note * Erlenmeyer. Zeitschrift für Chemie ū. Pharmacie.