2,3-Unsaturated 1-thioglycosides synthesis

As previously stated, a distinct feature of this rearrangement is the retention of the anomeric information. This advantage is nicely illustrated by the direct synthesis of a carba-disaccharide from a disaccharide [65]. As shown in Scheme 8.35, maltose was first transformed into the thioglycoside 131. Manipulation to the free primary alcohol 132 was achieved using a classical sequence of reactions. At this point, glycosylation of methanol was realized in the presence of NCS to afford 133, and the unsaturated derivative 134 was obtained after iodination and elimination. Triisobutylaluminum induced rearrangement nicely afforded the carba-disaccharide precursor 135 in a yield of 89% as a mixture of two isomers. 

Epoxidation. With Mn-salen as a catalyst, enol derivatives give 2-hydroxy acetals. Unsaturated acids form lactones during oxidation in the presence of an iron porphyrin. Glycosylation. The action of a PhlO-MejSiOTf combination on thioglycosides consists of oxidation and Lewis acid catalysis, thus allowing the synthesis of disaccharides. 

Unsaturated phenyl 1-thioglycosides were intermediates in the synthesis of the core trisaccharides of esperamycin which is referred to in Qiapter 19. The rearrangement of a thioglycoside on exposure to trimethyl orthobenzoare is covered in Qiapter 7. 

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