Galactosyl iodides

Scheme 7. Stereoselective vinyl Grignard reaction of galactosyl iodide...

The branched cyclodextrins (CDs, 17 a, 17 b) and their analogues with D-galactosyl and a-D-mannosyl residues (17c, 17d) have also been prepared under mild conditions by the approach depicted in Scheme 6 [24,25]. Selective in situ S-deacetylation and activation was obtained by treatment of peracetylated 1-thioglycoses (10a, 8e, 8g) by cysteamine in the presence of diAioerythritol in HMPA [26]. This method was very efficient for ffie synthesis of branched CDs (17a) (80%), (17b) (60%), and (17c) (85%) when the acceptor molecule (15b) bearing primary iodide was used. However, peracetylated 1-thioa-D-mannose (8f) failed as a donor under these conditions, but tetra-O-acetyl-l-thio-a-mannose (8 b) afforded the expected CD (17d) in high yield (83%). 

The perbenzylated a-glycosyl iodides are thought to react with oxetane via the mechanisms shown in Schemes 21 and 22 (where R=PhCH2).138 The amount of the -product increases as the reaction temperature decreases. In fact, at — 60 °C, the fi a ratio in the product from the perbenzylated derivatives of galactosyl, mannosyl, and glucosyl iodides ranges from 10 1 to 50 1, indicating that the reaction in Scheme 21 is faster than that in Scheme 22. 

For the C2-acylated galactoside acceptor, a simple route begins with galactosyl bromide 41 (Scheme 8a). Orthoester formation required the use excess pentenyl alcohol and tetrabutylammonium iodide as promoter to obtain 42a and thence 42b. Acid-catalyzed reaction of the latter in the presence of excess pentenyl alcohol, then benzylidination gave acceptor 43a. The xylosyl acceptor 46b (Scheme 8b) was obtained similarly from bromide 44 via the n-pentenyl orthoester 45. Diol 46a was subjected to selective silylation at C4, paving the way to 46b. 

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