Approaches to the synthesis of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositols. Enantioselective synthesis of optically active chiro- and myo-inositols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74366-8

An efficient synthetic strategy to optically active conveniently substituted D-chiro (5) and D-myo-inositol (10) derivatives has been developed starting from methyl α-D-glucopyranoside. Compounds 5 and 10 constitute valuable intermediates for the preparation of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositols.