ONE-CARBON EXTRUSION FROM CARBOHYDRATES VIA C1-ALKOXY RADICAL FRAGMENTATION. AN EASY ACCESS TO ERYTHROSE AND THREOSE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74732-0

Generation and fragmentation of the C1-alkoxy radicals of pyranose derivatives are nicely promoted by (diacetoxyiodo)benzene or lead tetraacetate in the presence of iodine catalyst under mild conditions to give the corresponding mixed-acetal formates, whi