Synthesis of novel types of divalent saccharide structures by a ketene acetal Claisen rearrangement

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2004.12.001

A simple allyl uronate was rearranged to give the branched product, which in turn could be transformed into a spiro-annellated bicyclic compound. More complex allyl uronates of d-and l-arabinose were rearranged to give novel methylene-bridged dimeric sacc