Sugars halogenated, reactions

Reaction LXVIH. Simultaneous Reduction and Halogenation of Poly-hydric Alcohols. (A., 138, 364.)—When polyhydric alcohols are heated with hydriodic acid, reduction of all the hydroxyl groups save one occurs this latter is replaced by iodine to form a secondary iodide. In this way, e.g., dulcitol, or any of the hexose alcohols, yields normal secondary hexyl iodide this is of importance in determining the chain structure of the sugars. This reaction probably occurs—... 

The reaction has found little application so far however, one of the first examples of an asymmetric synthesis using peroxidases was the highly regio- and diastereo-selective halohydration of glycals to 2-deoxy-2-halo sugars in the presence of CPO [263]. Some examples of selective halogenation reactions of aromatic compounds using CPO optimized by directed evolution approaches are also known [264]. 

In most Sn2 reactions, halides routinely serve as convenient and readily available leaving groups. They are easily formed from alcohols under a variety of conditions. Because the application of these reactions to sugars is a major component of this chapter, a complete discussion of halogenation reactions will be presented in Section 6.4. 

SCHEME 10.74 Sugar-derived imides can undergo asymmetric halogenation reactions. 

Despite several attractive features in this method of direct halogen introduction and the obvious applications in the synthesis of deoxy sugars, its uses have not been further exploited by other groups of workers. Some new related methods have become available which reportedly eliminate the difficulties previously encountered such as rearrangement, unreactivity due to steric hindrance, and phosphonate ester formation. The reaction is based on the observation (28) that triethylphosphine reacts with ethanol and carbon tetrachloride to give ethyl chloride, chloroform, and triethylphosphite. In a new adaptation (76, 77) of this... 

The increased availability of methods for the preparation of unsaturated sugars107 has stimulated interest in addition reactions of these compounds the use of unsaturated carbohydrate derivatives as precursors for specifically halogenated sugars has been widely exploited. 

In a similar vein, reaction of the readily accessible xanthine (39-1) with the ubiquitous phosphorus oxychloride affords the enol chloride (39-2). Alkylation of the anion obtained from that product with a base with the chloro deoxy sugar (39-3) leads to the glycosylated product (39-4). Treatment with ammonia selectively replaces the halogen at the 6 position. The protecting groups on the sugar are cleaved in the course of the reaction to afford cladribine (39-4) [41]. 

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