Rearrangement branched-chain sugar synthesis

R. J. Ferrier and N. Vethaviyasar, Unsaturated carbohydrates. Part XVII. Synthesis of branched-chain sugar derivatives by application of the Claisen rearrangement, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans, p. 1791 (1973). 

H. H. Baer and Z. S, Hanna, The preparation of amino sugars and branched-chain sugars by palladium-catalysed allylic substitution of alkyl hex-2-enopyranosides. Can. J. Chem. 59 889 (1981). D. P. Cuiran, An approach to the enantiocontrolled synthesis of pseudomonic acids via a novel mon-Claisen rearrangement. Tetrahedron Lett. 23 4309 (1982). 

The synthesis of branched-chain sugars by application of the Claisen rearrangement is noted in Chapter 12. 

The synthesis of a vancosamine derivative by the rearrangement of a trichloroacetimidate of a branched-chain unsaturated sugar is mentioned in Chapter 13. 

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