Sulfuryl chloride reaction with carbohydrates

J. K. N. Jones and his colleagues have extensively studied the reaction of sulfuryl chloride with carbohydrates.21-29 This work has elucidated the stereochemical principles involved in the various transformations, and has made available a convenient and effective procedure for the preparation of chlorodeoxy sugars. Several examples of the utility of such derivatives, obtained by way of a reaction with sulfuryl chloride, in the synthesis of other rare sugars are discussed in Section III (see p. 281). In the present Section, the studies on the reaction itself are surveyed. 

Cyclic sulfates can be prepared from cyclic but not acyclic carbohydrate units by reaction with sulfuryl chloride in pyridine [98] or phenyl chlorosulfate and sodium hydride [99]. The reactivity of cyclic sulfates is quite similar to that of epoxides. Thus, they can be used to form fluoro or azido derivatives of polysaccharides by highly regiospecific approaches, usually, but not always, leading to trans-diaxial products from which the sulfate can be easily removed by mild, acid-catalyzed hydrolysis [100,101]. 

The reaction of carbohydrates with sulfuryl chloride was first studied by Helferich and coworkers,68 70 and the work was extended by J. 

The reaction of sulfuryl chloride with carbohydrates to give chloro-deoxy derivatives has been reviewed briefly in this Series.98 The reaction of sulfuryl chloride with monosaccharides has been shown to afford products in which the secondary hydroxyl groups are replaced by chlorine with inversion of configuration.68-75 Jones and coworkers reported that the reaction of methyl a-D-glucopyranoside with sulfuryl chloride and pyridine in chloroform at room temperature proceeds by way of the 4,6-bis(chlorosulfate) by an Sn2 process, with chloride as the nucleophile, to give methyl 4,6-dichloro-4,6-dideoxy-a-D-galactopyranoside 2,3-bis(chlorosulfate).74... 

The selective replacement of hydroxyl groups in carbohydrates by chlorine has been achieved by the use of sulfuryl chloride.1,74,87,88 The reaction of sulfuryl chloride with maltose89,90 and methyl /3-maltoside24 has been studied. Treatment of maltose with sulfuryl chloride, initially for 2 h at — 70° and then processing at room temperature, gave, after methyl glycosidation and dechlorosulfation, a low yield... 

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In Section 11.8 a discussion of the reaction of sulfuryl chloride with carbohydrate derivatives is presented, and in Section III are given some experimental procedures representative of this method for the synthesis of chlorodeoxy sugars and procedures of simple processes for the conversion of the chlorodeoxy sugars into other rare sugars. 

B. Reaction of Sulfuryl Chloride with Carbohydrate Derivatives... 

The reaction of carbohydrates with sulfuryl chloride can form chlorosulfate groups initially, followed by Sn2 displacement of the liberated chloride ion. This provides another effective method for the preparation of chlorodeoxy sugars [34,53]. Those positions, where the steric and polar factors are favorable for a Sn2 reaction, are more susceptible to displacement. The chlorosulfates that have been substituted with a chloride can easily be cleaved by treatment with sodium iodide. 

The first displacement reaction at C-2 position in carbohydrates was achieved during the study of sulfuryl chloride reaction with sucrose (92). Treatment of 3,4,6,3, 4, 6 -hexa-0-acetylsucrose 2,l -bis(chlorosulfate) with lithium chloride in hexamethylphosphoric triamide at 80°C for 20 h led to the corresponding 2,l -maimo derivative in 73% yield. 

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