A highly efficient deprotection of the 2,2,2-trichloroethyl group at the anomeric oxygen of carbohydrates

Stereocontrolled Debenzylative Cycloetherification Reaction as a Route to Enantiopure C-Furanosides with Amino Substituents in the Side Chain

A highly efficient methodology of the preparation of synthetically important tetrahydrofuran derivatives with an amino substituent in the side chain is reported. This process is based on the stereocontrolled debenzylative cycloetherification (DBCE) reaction applied for chirons from the d-gluco- and d-manno-series and provides derivatives with new stereogenic centers. The influence of the electron-withdrawing group (EWG), present in the acyclic substrates with the mesyl leaving group, on the reactivity in the DBCE reaction was investigated both “in the flask” and by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It was demonstrated that tetrahydrofuran derivatives with the benzoxime group (EWG = CHNOBn) are very good candidates for the subsequent highly stereoselective Grignard reaction.

Selective anomeric deacetylation using zinc acetate as catalyst

An alternative method has been developed for the anomeric deacetylation of fully acetylated carbohydrate derivatives using zinc acetate dihydrate as a catalyst in methanol under mild conditions. The experimental simplicity, low cost, acceptable yield, use of a readily handled acidic catalyst, and the environmentally benign nature are some of the advantages of this method.