Synthesis of 3,6-dideoxy-4-C-(41-hydroxyethyl)hexopyranoses (yersinioses) from 1,6-anhydro-β-D-glucopyranose

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)90496-8

A series of isomers of 3,6-dideoxy-4-C-(4¹-hydroxyethyl)-D-hexopyranose (yersiniose), structural components of the O-specific polysaccharides from the Yersinia genus, have been synthesised from 1,6-anhydro-β-D-glucopyranose (levoglucosan).