CAREER NETWORK World's one of the largest Research Career Network Benefits Academic & Industry jobs Project funding Visiting faculty positions Visiting scientist positions Invited talks and more... Register FREE Global Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. Volume 2, Issue 1 (2011) pp. 18-38 Review Article Hypervalent chromium oxidation of carbohydrates of biological importance Luis F. Sala*, Juan C. González, Silvia I. García, María I. Frascaroli, María F. Mangiameli Área Química General, Departamento de Químico Física, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Química de Rosario (IQUIR-CONICET), Suipacha 531 (2000) Rosario Argentina Abstract A revision of the kinetic and mechanistic results of the interaction of carbohydrates of biological importance with hypervalent chromium done by the Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group at the General Chemistry Area Department of the Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Science Faculty at the National University at Rosario, during the last ten years is reported. Keywords Hypervalent chromium oxidation; Uronic acids; Monosaccharides; Polysaccharides