An effective strategy for the synthesis of 6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-chiro- and -D-myo-inositol 1-phosphate related to putative insulin mimetics

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00090a035

Two glycosylinositol phosphates related to putative insulin mimetics, 6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-chiro-inositol 1-phosphate (1) and 6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-myo-inositol 1-phosphate (2), have been synthesized from selectively protected and enantiomerically pure D-chiro- and myo-inositol derivatives. The D-chiro-inositol unit was prepared in a multigram scale from D-glucose using the Ferrier's carbocyclization route, and it was transformed into the corresponding myo epimer by an oxidation-reduction sequence. The trichloroacetimidate method was applied efficiently for the key glycosylation of the inositol derivatives.