Studies on the synthesis of aureolic acid antibiotics: Highly stereoselective synthesis of aryl 2-deoxy-β-glycosides via the Mitsunobu reaction and synthesis of the olivomycin A-B disaccharide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00113a013

The Mitsunobu reaction of phenols and 1,2-cis-2-thiophenyl-α-D-glycopyranoses or 1,2-cis-2-selenophenyl-α-D-glycopyranoses is a very effective method for the highly stereoselective synthesis of aryl 2-deoxy-β-D-glycosides. The equatorial 2-thiophenyl or 2