Mannopyranose preparation

From L-arabinose, carba-sugars of the a-D-gluco and h-altro types were prepared from D-arabinose, carba-a-L-mannopyranose from D-ribose, that of the fi-L-manno modification from D-xylose, those of the -L-gluco and a-D-altro forms and, from D-glucose, those of the P-L-allo a-L-... 

As 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-mannose is tumorstatic and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-mannose 6-phosphate is an obligatory intermediate in the biosynthetic pathway to sialic acid, displacement of the essential OH-6 with a fluorine atom should be interesting from the biological viewpoint. 2-Acetamido-1,3,4-tri-0-acetyl-2,6-dideoxy-6-fluoro-D-mannopyranose (see Table 111 in Section 11,3) and its O- and A,0-deacetyl derivatives were prepared the first compound showed weak anticancer activity. 

A-Acetyl-9-deoxy-9-fluoroneuraminic acid (591) was prepared by treatment of a protected 6-hydroxyl precursor with A, A-diethylaminosulfur trifluoride (DAST) or through condensation of 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-6-fluoro-D-mannopyranose with potassium di(/ >r/-butyl) oxaloacetate. Compound 591 is a substrate for cytidine monophosphate (CMP)-sialic acid synthetase, giving rise to CMP-5-A-acetyl-9-deoxy-9-fluoroneuraminic acid, which is cytotoxic against tumor cells. 5-A-Acetyl-3-fluoroneuraminic acids 592-594 were prepared through fluorine (or acetyl hypofluorite) addition (in AcOH) to methyl 5-acetamido-4,7,8,9-tetra-0-acetyI-2,6-anhy-dro-2,3,5-trideoxy-D- /ycm>D- a/arto-non-2-enopyranosate. Compound 592 was found to be a potent neuraminidase inhibitor. 

The second example concerns the study of acetonation of o-mannose (see Scheme 8) and allows a clear distinction between the use of 2,2-dimethoxypropane and 2-methoxy-propene. Thus, whereas D-matmose gives 2,3 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-D-mannofuranose 5 by reaction of the free sugar with acetone [5,6] as well as with 2,2-dimethoxypropane [96], the major compound (more than 85%) obtained with 2-methoxypropene is 4,6-0-isopropylidene-D-mannopyranose 6 [52]. Once again, a confirmation of the better stability of furanoid acetals in this series is given by the selective hydrolysis of the 2,3 4,6-di-O-isopropylidene-D-mannopyranose 7 (by-product of the preceding reaction or quantitatively obtained by action of 2-methoxypropene on acetal 6), witch gives the furanoid monoacetal 8. Actually, the pyranoid monoacetal 9 can be easily prepared as soon as the anomeric hydroxyl group is protected by acetylation [52]. 

The aldehyde (163), which was prepared from 160 by periodic acid oxidation, was further converted into pseudo-a-D-mannopyranose as follows. Dehydration of 163 with mesyl chloride and pyridine, and subsequent reduction with lithium aluminium hydride gave (3S, 4R, 5S)-3,4,5-tris(benzyloxy)-l-cyclohexene-1-methanol (164). Hydroxyla-tion of 164 with diborane and hydrogen peroxide yielded 4,6-di-0-acetyl-l,2,3-tri-0-... 

M. Cerny, H. Vecerkova, I. Cerny, and J. Pacak, Preparation of 2-amino-l,6-anhydro-2-deoxy-jS-D-mannopyranose by intramolecular substitution of the tosyloxy group in sterically hindered position of l,6-anhydro-2-0-p-tolylsulfonyl-/6-D-glucopyranose, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 45 (1980) 1837-1844. 

Mercaptolysis of /3-D-glucopyranose pentaacetate in ethyl mercaptan at 0°, with zinc chloride as catalyst, gives ethyl tetra-O-acetyl-l-deoxy-1-thio-/S-D-glucopyranoside in 71% yield. Under the same conditions, a-D-glucopyranose pentaacetate reacted only very slowly, but it could be shown that the deoxy-thio-/3-D-glucoside is formed in much greater amount than is the a anomer. Mercaptolysis of the D-mannopyranose pentaacetates under the same conditions for 48 hours resulted in a 70% yield of ethyl tetra-O-acetyl-l-deoxy-l-thio-a-D-mannopyranoside from the /3-D-pentaacetate, and in a 60% yield from the a anomer.103 Inspection, by preparative paper chromatography, of the residual sirups, after deacetylation, led in each case to the isolation of the anomeric ethyl-1-... 

The adducts resulting from Diels-Alder reaction of pyridyl sulfoxides with furan have been used in the synthesis of a number of natural products. Thus, a new procedure for the total synthesis of optically actives C-nucleosides was reported by Koizumi et al. [38], who prepared D-showdomycin (19) and (D)-3,4-0-isopropylidene-2,5-anhidroallose (20) from the endo(t) 18a adduct (Scheme 10). (-i-)-Methyl 5-epishikimate (21) [39] and pentaacetyl- -D-mannopyranose (22) [40] were also obtained starting from endo(t) 18a (Scheme 10), the cleavage of the oxygenated bridge being the key step of these transformations. 

Controlled cA-dihydroxylation of the olefinic double bond of alcohol 141 allowed preparation of 5a-carba-a-D-glucopyranose (142), whilst 5a-carba-a-D-mannopyranose (146) and 5a-carba-P-D-glucopyranose (147) were prepared through epoxidation, ring opening, and final deprotection. Unfortunately, an attempt to obtain the P anomer of 146 by cis-... 

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