Ring-closing alkyne metathesis in the synthesis of alkyne-linked glycoamino acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-2007-990920

Synthesis of alkyne-linked glycoamino acids via ring-closing alkyne metathesis is investigated. Two different strategies are described to attach alkynylamino acids to an alkynyl sugar, either via a linker at O-4 or at O-9 of the alkynyl sugar. Ring-closing alkyne metathesis of the O-4 linked diynes failed to proceed, but alkyne-linked glycoamino acids of different chain length were effectively synthesized via attachment at O-9. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.