Diisocyanates are used in the preparation of all polyurethanes, ranging from the foams used in shoe soles to the thermoplastics used in cell phone cases.
Michael Burkart’s lab at UC San Diego recently reported the preparation of fully bio-based aromatic diisocyanates from a simple monosaccharide, D-galactose. This new route avoids the use of ...
Background and aims: Hypoglycemia is a typical, potentially life-threatening symptom in classical galactosemia with blood galactose considerably elevated (up to ∼100 mg/dl). Therefore we tested ...