Defaye J, Gadelle A, Pedersen C
Département de Recherche Fondamentale, C.N.R.S., Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires, Grenoble, France.
Carbohydr Res. 1991 Sep 18;217:51-8. doi: 10.1016/0008-6215(91)84116-v.
Hydrogen sulfide reacted with D-glucose in hydrogen fluoride solution to yield preponderantly alpha,alpha-1-thiotrehalose, beta,beta-1-thiotrehalose, and the alpha,beta anomer. Conditions were found under which the thiotrehaloses were obtained in the respective proportions of 8:5:5.