Strain-Directed Bridge Cleavage of (Phenylsulfonyl)-7-oxabicycloheptane Derivatives: Application to the Total Synthesis of Carba-α-DL-glucopyranose

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00033a002

New methodology to prepare highly oxygenated cyclohexenylsulfones by regioselective β-elimination of (phenylsulfonyl)-7-oxabicyclo<2.2.1>heptane derivatives has been developed, and its application to the total synthesis of carba-α-DL-glucopyranose is desc