The+Reichstein+Process+-+Evan+Wright

The process in chemistry known as the Reichstein process is a combined chemical and microbial method for the production of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) from D-glucose that uses severals step for it to take place in. Trades Reichstein among with his colleagues won a Nobel Prize for this, they discovered this process in 1933 whilst working in the laboratory of the ETH in Z ü rich.
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__**  The Process: **__ **Step 1**- Hydrogenation of D-glucose to D-Sorbitol, an organic reaction **Step 2** -Microbial oxidation or fermentation of sorbitol to L-sorbose with acetobacter at pH 4-6 and 30 °C. **Step 3**- Protection of the 4 hydroxyl groups in sorbose by formation of the acetal with acetone and an acid to Diacetone-L-sorbose **Step 4**- Organic oxidation with potassium permanganate followed by heating with water gives the 2-Keto-L-gulonic acid **Step 5**- The final step is a ring-closing step or gamma lactonization with removal of water.

-Its is also known as vitamin c, and is used to treat or prevent deficiency. -In general it used for treatment or prevention of a condition called scurvy. -Some of the symptoms of scurvy are: generally feeling unwell, tiredness,pain in the muscles and joints, bleeding into the skin, around the bones, into joints and from the gums, and also loose of teeth.
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