Heterocycles, carbohydrate isothiocyanate

Ferndndez-Bolanos JG, Lopez 6 (2007) Heterocycles from Carbohydrate Isothiocyanates. 7 67-100... 

Abstract The high synthetic versatiUty exhibited by the isothiocyanato motif has allowed its use as a building block in the preparation of a plethora of derivatives. When present in carbohydrates, the strong electrophilicity shown by isothiocyanates, together with the possibility of undergoing cycloaddition reactions has made it possible to access a broad spectrum of heterocyclic compounds, of either synthetic or pharmaceutical interest. Among them, noteworthy are 1,3-oxazolidine- and l,3-oxazinane-2-thiones (cyclic thiocarbamates), 2-amino-2-oxazolines (cyclic isoureas), 2-amino-2-thiazolines (cyclic isothioureas), nucleosides, and spironucleosides. 

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