Description
Sodium periodate is a strong oxidizing hypervalent iodine compound, able to facilitate a large scope of oxidation transformations in organic synthesis. Saccharide rings and bonds can be oxidatively cleaved under mild conditions using Sodium periodate.Generates quinones via glycol cleavage and oxidation of hydroquinones; Useful reagent for the oxidation of carbohydrates prior to labeling with biotin hydrazide; Sodium periodate is use in molecular biology and carbohydrate research to cleave carbon-carbon bonds of carbohydrates alginates, chitosans, hyaluronan, scleroglucan/schizophylla?n, cellulose nucleic acids other molecules rich in hydroxyls and ketones to prepare them for chemical and physical modifications