Glycal

Methyl glycosides of 2 deoxy sugars have been prepared by the acid catalyzed addition of methanol to unsaturated sugars known as glycals... 

Unsaturated sugars are useful synthetic intermediates (11). The most commonly used are the so-called glycals (1,5- or 1,4-anhydroalditol-l-enes). In the presence of a Lewis-acid catalyst, 3,4,6-tri-0-acetyl-l,5-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-arabinohex-l-enitol [2873-29-2] commonly called D-glucal triacetate, adds nucleophiles in both kineticaHy controlled and thermodynamically controlled (soft bases predominately at C-3 and hard bases primarily at C-1) reactions (11,13). 

During an attempt to metalate a glycal with /-BuLi, it was discovered by deuterium labeling that a TBDMS ether can be deprotonated. °- ... 

Nitro-activated glycals and aromatic compounds are good acceptors for TMM-Pd chemistry. The nitroglycal (19) reacts with (1) to give a 2.4 1 ratio of products (20) and (21) in a combined yield of 69% (Eq. 2). Treatment of the less electron-rich... 

Clearly compound 26 (R = Ac) had undergone a reaction analogous to the glycal rearrangement. It has been demonstrated that the rearrangement of this compound also occurs at room temperature in acetic anyhydride in the presence of zinc chloride (34). Under these conditions, however, a further slower isomerization takes place and a third product, assigned the acetylated enone-hydrate structure 29, was isolated. As noted later this structure has been shown to be incorrect. 

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. 

Glycal assembly method (Section 25.11) A method for linking monosaccharides together to sym thesis polysaccharides. 

Glycal assembly method, 1002 (4- )-Glyceraldehyde. absolute configuration of, 980 (-)-Glyceraldehyde, configuration of, 300... 

The glycal epoxide method turned out to be useful for the construction of complex 2-branched [3-aryl glycosides, which are salient features of the potent antibiotic vancomycin [75a]. Glycal epoxide glycosylation with sodium salts of indoles pro-... 

Scheme 8.41 Utilization of glycals and a-glycal epoxides in carbohydrate chemistry.

Evans developed a new method for the synthesis of [(-C-allylglycosides, based on BusSnOTf-mediated ring-opening of glycal epoxides with allylstannanes as nucleophiles [81a], This methodology has been efficiently used in the (3-stereoselective introduction of the side chain (C44-C51) of spongistatin 2 (Scheme 8.43) [81b,c]. 

A conceptually new direct oxidative glycosylation with glycal donors, employing a reagent combination of triflic anhydride and diphenyl sulfoxide, has recently been reported by Gin [83], This new 3-glycosylation method works very well with hindered hydroxy nucleophiles, including sterically shielded carbohydrate hydroxy systems, and can be run on large scales. 

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