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  • Title: The kinetics of mutarotation in L-fucose as monitored by dielectric and infrared spectroscopy.
    Author: Kossack W, Kipnusu WK, Dulski M, Adrjanowicz K, Madejczyk O, Kaminska E, Mapesa EU, Tress M, Kaminski K, Kremer F.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2014 Jun 07; 140(21):215101. PubMed ID: 24908041.
    Abstract:
    Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy are combined to trace kinetics of mutarotation in L-fucose. After quenching molten samples down to temperatures between T = 313 K and 328 K, the concentrations of two anomeric species change according to a simple exponential time dependence, as seen by an increase in absorbance of specific IR-vibrations. In contrast, the dielectric spectra reveal a slowing down of the structural (α-) relaxation process according to a stretched exponential time dependence (stretching exponent of 1.5 ± 0.2). The rates of change in the IR absorption for α- and β-fucopyranose are (at T = 313 K) nearly one decade faster than that of the intermolecular interactions as measured by the shift of the α-relaxation. This reflects the fact that the α-relaxation monitors the equilibration at a mesoscopic length scale, resulting from fluctuations in the anomeric composition.
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