Glucofuranose 1,2-0-isopropylidene

In l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-glucofuranose five of the six funaional groups of glucose are protected. The free 3-hydroxyl group is a popular starting point in synthesis. It... 

The glucofuranose used as starting material is obtained as follows. 8.8 g of 1,2-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose and 50.6 g of benzyl chloride are treated with a total of 28 g of potassium hydroxide in portions with cooling and stirring. The mixture is then stirred for 3 hours at 80 to 90°C. Working up from chloroform solution and distillation at 250°C to 260°C under... 

Of particular value, was the reagent s ability to oxidize a hydroxyl group attached directly to a furanoid ring (6, 7, 46), as is illustrated by the conversion of l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-glucofuranose into l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-n o-hexofuranos-3-ulose (1). The follow-... 

In addition to simple halides, the method was used to prepare chol-esteryl iodide (30%) and cyclohexyl iodide (34%) from the corresponding alcohols, thus demonstrating the applicability of the reaction to cyclic secondary alcohols. An early adaptation to carbohydrates was reported by Lee and El Sawi (75). They claimed that treatment of l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose (49) with triphenylphosphite methiodide... 

Whereas l,2-0-isopropylidene-5,6-di-0-methyl-D-glucofuranose was found to be unreactive towards triphenylphosphite dibromide, triphenylphosphite methiodide or phosphorus pentachloride, the related methyl 2,5,6-tri-0-methyl-/ -D-glucofuranoside (59), in which the hindrance caused by the ketal group is absent, reacted with triphenylphosphite methiodide to give the 3-deoxy-3-iodo derivative 60 in 31% yield. 

The reaction of l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose (49), with phosphorus pentachloride was reported in 1926 by Allison and Hixon (I) who formulated the product as 3-chloro-3-deoxy-l,2 5,6-di-0-isopro-pylidene-D-glucofuranose (2% yield). A reinvestigation (93) of the... 

The mass spectra of methyl 3-deoxy-p-v-tkreo-pentopyrano-side, methyl 4-deoxy-j3-T>-thieo-pentopyranoside, and 5-deoxy-fi-D-xylo-furanoside are discussed and compared fragmentation paths are sufficiently different to allow identification on the basis of their mass spectra. On the other hand, the mass spectra of methyl 2- and 3-deoxy-5-O-methyl-f3-i>-erythro-pentofuranosides do not exhibit fragmentation differences. The mass spectra of 3-deoxy-l,2 5,6-di-O-isopropylidene -d-xylo - hexofuranose, 5- deoxy -1,2-0-isopropylidene-D-xy o-hexofuranose, and 6-deoxy-l,2-0-iso-propylidene-D-glucofuranose show prominent differences, even between the 5- and 6-deoxy isomers. The interpretation of the spectra was aided by metastable-ion peaks, mass spectra of DzO-exchanged analogs, and the mass spectrum of an O-isopropylidene derivative prepared with acetone-d6. 

Figure 7. Mass spectrum of 6-deoxy-l,2-0-isopropylidene-n-glucofuranose (10).

O-isopropyliden-D-glucofuranose erhalt man z.B. in 55%iger Ausbeute 6-Desoxy-... 

If the disposition of hydroxyl groups is such that either an ethylene oxide or a hydrofuranol ring could be formed, then it is the three-membered anhydro ring that is preferentially established. Thus, if 6-tosyl-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose (XII), in which there are present free hydroxyls at C3 and C5, is submitted to alkaline hydrolysis, it is the 5,6-anhydride VI alone that is formed7 the 3,6-anhydride appears only if the hydroxyl at C5 is protected by substitution as in X. 

Some examples will illustrate the applicability of this generalization in so far as it concerns alkaline scission. 5,6-Anhydro-l,2-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose with alcoholic sodium hydroxide gives a mixture of isopropylidene-D-glucose and isopropylidene-L-idose. The latter results from inversion on C5, the former presumably by inversion on the non-asymmetric C6.7 3,4-Anhydro-l,2-isopropylidene-D-psicose (or allu-lose17) (XX) when treated with sodium hydroxide yields a mixture of products among which 1,2-isopropylidene-D-fructose (XIX) was detected (in the representations inversions are denoted by circles above the arrows and the carbons inverted are noted below the arrows). With sodium methoxide, however, l,2-isopropylidene-4-methyl-D-sorbose (XXI) is the chief product and results from inversion on C4.1S... 

Another example is provided by the observation of Ohle and Wilcke16 that whereas 3-tosyl-l,2-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose (XXXV) is saponified without anhydro ring formation and without Walden inversion, the triacetate of methyl 3-tosyl-/3-D-glucofuranoside (XXXVI) is... 

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