Direct evidence for the ring opening of monosaccharide anions in the gas phase: photodissociation of aldohexoses and aldohexoses derived from disaccharides using variable-wavelength infrared irradiation in the carbonyl stretch region.
Brown DJ, Stefan SE, Berden G, Steill JD, Oomens J, Eyler JR, Bendiak B. Direct evidence for the ring opening of monosaccharide anions in the gas phase: photodissociation of aldohexoses and aldohexoses derived from disaccharides using variable-wavelength infrared irradiation in the carbonyl stretch region. Carbohydr Res. 2011 Nov 08; 346(15):2469-81.