Catalytic oxidation-phosphorylation of glycals: Rate acceleration and enhancement of selectivity with added nitrogen ligands in common organic solvents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ol047417k

(Chemical Equation Presented) The first general catalytic oxidation of glycals has been developed to afford useful glycosyl phosphates in high yield and selectivity in a domino process with the use of catalytic methyltrioxorhenium, urea hydrogen peroxide, stoichiometric dibutyl phosphate as nucleophile, and a substoichiometric amount of nitrogen ligands, such as pyridine or imidazole, in organic solvents.