1,2,3,3',4',6'-Hexaacetyl-4,6-O-benzyl-idenesucrose.

In the title compound, C(31)H(38)O(17), the 1,3-dioxane and pyran-oside rings both show (4)C(1) chair conformations while for the d-fructofuran-oside moiety an envelop 3E conformation is observed. The phenyl ring is oriented almost perpendicular to the 1,3-dioxane ring [dihedral angle = 79.3 (2)°], and the acetate groups are equatorial for the pyran-oside ring and axial for the furan-oside ring. The analysis of potential hydrogen bonds shows both intra- and inter-molecular C-H⋯O contacts to be present.

Gibberellic acid production by free and immobilized cells in different culture systems.

Gibberellic acid production was studied in different fermentation systems. Free and immobilized cells of Gibberella fujikuroi cultures in shake-flask, stirred and fixed-bed reactors were evaluated for the production of gibberellic acid (GA3). Gibberellic acid production with free cells cultured in a stirred reactor reached 0.206 g/L and a yield of 0.078 g of GA3/g biomass.