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The Hydrolysis of Maltose by Hydrochloric Acid under the Herzfeld Conditions of Inversion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. J. Kluyver  and
William A. Davis
A. J. Kluyver
Affiliation:
(Rothamsted Experimental Station.)
William A. Davis
Affiliation:
(Rothamsted Experimental Station.)
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It is shown that contrary to the statements of Kluyver and others, maltose undergoes slight hydrolysis (to the extent of about 2% when 1% solutions of maltose are used) when heated with hydrochloric acid under Herzfeld conditions. It is preferable therefore to adopt 10% citric acid, under the conditions formerly laid down, in estimating cane sugar in plant extracts when maltose is likely to be present.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1914 , pp. 413 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1914

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References

page 413 note 1 Biochemische Suikerbepalingen, Boekhandl. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1914, pp. 223.

page 413 note 2 Davis, and Daish, , J. Agric. Sci. 1913, V. 437.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 413 note 3 Zeit. angew. Chem. 1895, 208.

page 414 note 1 Under Herzfeld conditions about three minutes is taken to heat the solution to 68–70°, and subsequently the solution is heated exactly five minutes; the six minutes used in this calculation does not therefore unfairly represent the total time of heating at 70°.