Insulin second messengers: Synthesis of 6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-chiro-inositol-1-phosphate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)61497-1

An efficient enantiospecific route to protected chiro-inositol 7 from (-)-quinic acid was exploited for the synthesis of the title disaccharide which displayed insulin mimetic activity.