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A convenient new pathway for stereospecific epimerization of monosaccharide moieties in disaccharides

✍ Scribed by Ralf Miethchen; Daniel Rentsch; Michael Frank; András Lipták


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
429 KB
Volume
281
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-6215

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✦ Synopsis


The disaccharides benzyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-2-O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-beta- D-glucopyranoside (2), 6-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D- galactopyranose (4), and phenyl 4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7) were selectively acetalated with chloral-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide in a nonclassical pathway. During acetalation, the D-mannopyranosyl moiety of the disaccharide 2 and the unprotected beta-D-galactopyranosyl moieties of 4 and 7 were epimerized at their 3-positions, generating D-altro- and D-gulo-pyranosyl moieties, respectively.