Stereoselective synthesis of rare (D and L) mono and disaccharides of 5-deoxy hexofuranosiduronic acids by a facile intramolecular rearrangement of hemiacetal heptanolactone alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(94)01047-4

Transformation of D-glucose, 2-O-, 3-O- and 4-O-linked disaccharides 6,7 and 35 to the corresponding cyclohexanone alcohols 1a/b, 17, 18, 29, 30 and 36 respectively is described. Stereospecific conversion of these cyclohexanone alcohols to the correspondi