SYNTHESES OF 2-O-GLYCOSYL DERIVATIVES OF N-ACETYL-D-NEURAMINIC ACID

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(86)84004-6

Syntheses of N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid derivatives are reported.Methyl 4,7,8,9-tetra-O-acetyl-N-acetyl-2-chloro-2-deoxy-β-D-neuraminate (3) was prepared directly from methyl N-acetyl-β-D-neuraminate (2) in good yield.Koenigs-Knorr reaction of 3 with an excess of methanol gave the methyl α-glycoside of methyl N-acetyl-D-neuraminate (4). 2,3-O-Isopropylidene-D-ribono-1,4-lactone, 2,3-O-isopropylideneuridine, and 5-fluor-2,3-O-isopropylideneuridine reacted with 3 to give anomeric mixtures of methyl N-acetyl-D-neuraminate derivatives.The stereochemistry of these compounds was confirmed from n.m.r. and c.d. spectra, and measurements of the rate of hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond.