Synthesis of 2-acetamido-1,2,4-trideoxy-1,4-imino-D-galactitol and -D-glucitol for evaluation as glycosidase inhibitors

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)89338-8

The title compounds, galacto-1 and gluco-2, were synthesised from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine via a common 1,4-diol intermediate that underwent transformations involving either a single or double inversion of stereochemistry at C-4, respectively. In the double