Cyclopropanated oxyglycals

The ring expansion of oxyglycal-derived gm-dihalo 1,2-cyclopropanate oxyglycals provides stable seven-membered halo-oxepines, that are thus suitable precursors for further functionalizations. In a study, vinyl bromide of the bromo-oxepine was used for the metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, namely, Heck, Suzuki, and Sonogashira reactions, so as to generate 2-deoxy-2-C-alkyl/ary/alkynyl septanosides [33]. 

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