Table 1.

Uncatalyzed formose reaction sugars. 1 M formaldehyde w/0.5 M methanol at pH 12.5 heated at 80 °C for 1 h. Sugars produced and clearly identifiable are listed and quantified by mass and mol% (with respect to total sugars generated). Sugars include glucose at nearly 80% of the produced sugar yield, with small amounts of xylose and mannose present as well. The sample analyzed was 1.8 mg of dried crude reaction mixture, sugar yield was 0.003%.

Sugar	Molecular Weight (g/mol)	Weight (µg)	Mole %	Molecular Formula
Glucose	180.2	0.044	79.3	C6H12O6
Xylose	150.1	0.007	14.5	C5H10O5
Mannose	180.2	0.003	6.2	C6H12O6