Abstract
Acoustical attenuation spectra between 10 kHz and 2 GHz, complex dielectric spectra between 300 kHz and 40 GHz, and time-resolved non-equilibrium measurements are reported for aqueous solutions of various mono- and disaccharides with and without 2:1 valent salts. The spectra reveal a variety of relaxation regimes with relaxation times between 1 micros and 10 ps. In addition, the time-resolved observations enable the study of the mutarotation with relaxation times on the order of 10(3) s. Variation of the concentration and temperature as well as a careful choice of the saccharides allow a discussion of the relaxation processes in terms of a chair-chair ring inversion, two modes of pseudorotation, an exocyclic hydroxymethyl group rotation, a carbohydrate-carbohydrate association, and, in the disaccharide solutions, a rotation of the rings relative to another. Salt-containing solutions show also relaxation phenomena reflecting different steps cation-carbohydrate association and variations in the carbohydrate conformational isomerizations and associations due to interactions with cations.
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