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Highly diastereoselective radical cyclization of a glucose-derived enol ether radical cation/phosphate anion pair

✍ Scribed by David Crich; Dae-Hwan Suk; Sanxing Sun


Book ID
104360010
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
165 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0957-4166

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✦ Synopsis


Diastereomeric 3-O-allyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-2-O-(diphenylphosphatoxy) b-D-glucoand b-D-manno-pyranosyl phenylselenides were prepared and subjected to treatment with tributyltin hydride and AIBN. The gluco-compound undergoes smooth radical cyclization to a single diastereomeric product in high yield whereas the manno-isomer reacts only reluctantly to give a complex mixture. This difference in behavior is interpreted as arising from the formation of two different contact radical ion pairs in which the phosphate group shields opposite faces of the enol ether (glycal) radical cation.