Stereoselective synthesis of α- and β-L-C-fucosyl aldehydes and their utility in the assembly of C-fucosides of biological relevance

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo049406a

An efficient synthesis of O-benzylated derivatives of the title sugar aldehydes via thiazole addition to tri-O-benzyl-L-fuconolactone followed by highly stereoselective deoxygenation of the resulting thiazolylketose and thiazole to formyl transformation i