The invention discloses a method for preparing deoxysugar based on photochemical reaction and application. According to the method, cheap and easily available
carbohydrate raw materials such as glucose,
galactose,
mannose, methyl
glucoside, methyl
galactoside and methyl
mannose glycoside are subjected to a sulfo-reaction,
sulfur atoms are introduced to all positions of
carbohydrate rings of different
carbohydrate raw materials, and then a proper
light source is selected as an initiator, so that different types of deoxy sugars are prepared. According to the method for preparing the deoxy
sugar, the reaction efficiency is high, the reaction time is short, the raw materials can be completely consumed only by half an hour when the
ultraviolet lamp is adopted for illumination, few by-products are generated, and the yield of most target products of the deoxy
sugar can reach 95%; according to the method, a low-wattage
blue light LED illumination reaction can be adopted, only a small amount of photochemical catalyst Ru (bpy) 3Cl2 (2mol%) needs to be added, and the preparation cost is low; the method is mild in reaction condition, only needs reaction at
room temperature, and is easy to realize large-scale production.