Stereoselective photochemical cyclization of 3-O-benzyl-6-deoxy-1,2-O-isoprpylidene-α-D-xylo-hexafuranos-5-ulose derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1989.1

Photoirradiation of a solution of 3-O-benzyl-6-deoxy-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-xylo-hexafuranos-5-ulose in benzene for 92 h gave (6S)-3,6-anhydro-1,2-O-isopropylidene-5-C-methyl-6-C-phenyl-α-D-gluco- and β-L-idofuranose in 54 percent and 11 percent yield,