Abstract
Aldoses are degraded by vanadium pentaoxide in m sulphuric acid into formic acid and the next lower aldose, and aldonic acids are degraded into carbon dioxide and the next lower aldose. Each reaction consumes two equivalents of oxidant. Glycoaldehyde is oxidized to formic acid via glyoxal, and glycolic acid is oxidized to carbon dioxide and formic acid via glyoxylic acid.
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