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A reagent-controlled SN2-glycosylation for the direct synthesis of β-linked 2-deoxy-sugars.

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014-03-29)
John Paul Issa, Clay S Bennett
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The efficient and stereoselective construction of glycosidic linkages remains one of the most formidable challenges in organic chemistry. This is especially true in cases such as β-linked deoxy-sugars, where the outcome of the reaction cannot be controlled using the stereochemical information intrinsic to the glycosyl donor. Here we show that p-toluenesulfonic anhydride activates 2-deoxy-sugar hemiacetals in situ as electrophilic species, which react stereoselectively with nucleophilic acceptors to produce β-anomers exclusively. NMR studies confirm that, under these conditions, the hemiacetal is quantitatively converted into an α-glycosyl tosylate, which is presumably the reactive species in the reaction. This approach demonstrates that use of promoters that activate hemiacetals as well-defined intermediates can be used to permit stereoselective glycosylation through an SN2-pathway.

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p-Toluenesulfonic anhydride, 97%