date:Jan 24, 2019
dehydes and ketones is a carbonyl group, which can be added with a hydrogen atom to become alcohol. So the alcohol from sugar is called sugar alcohol.
Maltitol is obtained by hydrogenation and reduction of maltose. In production, it hydrolyzes starch into maltose syrup, and then reacts with hydrogen under the action of catalyst to obtain maltitol.
Catalytic hydrogenation is a chemical reaction, so sugar alcohols have different origins from traditional natural products; but after all, they come