Products from the Base Treatment of the Tri-O- and Tetra-O-methanesulfonyl Esters of Methyl α-D-Glucopyranoside

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00325a005

Treatment of the four tri-O-methanesulfonyl and tetra-O-methanesulfonyl esters of methyl α-D-glucopyranoside gave as initial products methyl anhydro-O-methanesulfonyl- and anhydro-di-O-methanesulfonyl-α-D-hexosides.Further base treatment transformed these