Monosaccharide ethers from

Table III. Methyl Ethers of Monosaccharides from the Hydrolyzate of Methylated LCC Oligomers (A-ESD)...

When methyl a-D-glucopyranoside (an acetal) is treated with dimethyl sulphate in presence of aqueous sodium hydroxide, the methyl ethers of the alcohol functions are formed. The methyl ethers formed from monosaccharides are stable in bases and dilute acids. 

The irradiation of alkenyl acetals derived from monosaccharides has provided a new route to inositol derivatives, as illustrated in Scheme 2 the diethyl acetal (20) yielded the epimeric ethyl ether derivatives (21), whilst the corresponding dithioacetal (22) gave the inosose dithioacetal (23). The 2,5-di-deoxystreptamine derivative (24) suitably protected for use as an intermediate... 

Easily prepared from the appropriate monosaccharide, a glycal is an unsatu-rated sugar with a C1-C2 double bond. To ready it for use in potysaccharide synthesis, the primary -OH group of the glycal is first protected at its primary -OH group by formation of a silvl ether (Section 17.8) and at its two adjacent secondary - OH groups by formation of a cyclic carbonate ester. Then, the protected glycal is epoxidized. 

An intramolecular ether (commonly called an intramolecular anhydride), formally arising by elimination of water from two hydroxy groups of a single molecule of a monosaccharide (aldose or ketose) or monosaccharide derivative, is named by attaching the (detachable) prefix anhydro- preceded by a pair of locants identifying the two hydroxy groups involved. 

The separation of disaccharides and higher oligomers is not essentially different from the separation of monosaccharides, except that the volatility rapidly decreases with increasing molecular weight. Oligosaccharides may be transformed into volatile derivatives, commonly the trimethylsilyl ethers, either directly or after reduction. Other derivatives, such as trifluoroacetates, have been used, but the acetates have low volatility. Oligosaccharides are not usually converted into their methyl glycosides prior to trimethylsilylation. Detailed examples are listed in Table VII (see p. 130). 

The first of these methods involves the reaction of triphenyl phosphite methiodide with methyl 3-0-methyl-2-0-p-tolylsulfonyl-a-D-glucopyrano-side, hydrogenation of the resulting 4,6-diiodo derivative, and hydrolysis,186 as adapted to monosaccharides by Kochetkov and coworkers.1,0 In another approach,281 ethyl 2,3-anhydro-4,6-dideoxy-D-nbo-hexopyranoside, obtained from desosamine, was treated with sodium methoxide, to give a mixture of 2- and 3-methyl ethers. After fractionation and separation of side products,288 the 3-methyl ether was hydrolyzed, to give crystalline chalcose. McNally and Overend800 have described another synthesis, starting from methyl 4-deoxy-D-xj/Zo-hexoside.107... 

The preparation of alkyl methyl ethers may be readily effected under PTC conditions from the alcohol, dimethyl sulphate and 50 per cent w/w aqueous sodium hydroxide, employing tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulphate as catalyst.95 The usefulness of this procedure has been extended, and optimum conditions have been described for the alkylation of a range of aliphatic alcohols using, for example, 1-chlorobutane or benzyl chloride.96 The PTC preparative examples described in Expt 5.73 are for the methylation, allylation, but-2-enylation and benzylation of, for example, 2-hydroxymethyl-l,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane (Expt 5.63), and have been developed in the editors laboratories. These methods have also been applied to the alkylation of protected monosaccharide derivatives (p. 652). 

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