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14. Harding, C. C.; Cowley, A. R.; Watkin, D. J.; Punzo, F.;
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o1475–o1477.
obtained. Neither of the lactones was crystalline; very
careful chromatography was necessary to obtain pure
samples of each separate diastereomer. The enantio-
meric branched L-threono-22L and L-erythrono-23L lac-
tones were obtained using an identical procedure from
L-arabinose 12 via the intermediate ribulosamine 11;
the ratio of L-threono-22L/L-erythrono-23L was also
approximately 3:1. Again the diastereomers could be
differentiated by 13C spectroscopy; the chemical shift
of the 2-C-methyl group of the cis-diol erythrono-isomer
23 (d 19.9) is at significantly lower field than the trans-
diol threono-isomer 22 (d 16.6).
15. Grunnagel, R.; Haas, H. J. Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1969, 721,
¨
234–235.
16. 2-C-Methyl-D-lyxono-1,4-lactone 13D: mp 106–107 °C;
23
½aꢀD +70.4 (c 0.9, Me2CO) mmax (film): 3421, 1773 cmꢁ1
;
dH (CD3OD, 400 MHz): 1.43 (3H, s, CH3), 3.88 (2H, m,
H-5 and H-50), 4.07 (1H, d, J3,4 3.8 Hz, H-3), 4.54 (1H,
0
ddd, J4,5 5.0 Hz, J3,4 3.8 Hz, J4,5 5.9 Hz, H-4); dC
(CD3OD, 100.6 MHz): 20.7 (CH3), 60.4 (C-5), 74.2 (C-
3), 74.5 (C-2), 81.5 (C-4), 179.4 (C-1).
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17. 2-C-Methyl-D-xylono-1,4-lactone 14: mp 161–162 °C; ½aꢀD
It is noteworthy that the products from the aldohexoses
(glucose and galactose) have a 2,3-cis-diol in the lactone
ring as the major products, whereas the aldopentoses
(xylose and arabinose) form predominantly the lactone
with a trans-diol.
+87.3 (c 0.5 in water); mmax (film): 3254, 1776 cmꢁ1; dH
(CD3OD, 400 MHz): 1.39 (3H, s, CH3), 3.82–3.90 (2H, m,
H-5 and H-50), 4.03 (1H, d, J3,4 3.7 Hz, H-3), 4.71 (1H,
0
ddd, J3,4 3.7 Hz, J4,5 5.0 Hz, J4,5 6.4 Hz, H-4); dC
(CD3OD, 100.6 MHz): 16.8 (CH3), 60.4 (C-5), 75.3 (C-
3), 76.5 (C-2), 82.9 (C-4), 178.2 (C-1).
In summary, the isomerisation of aldoses to saccharinic
(2-C-methyl-aldonic) acids by an Amadori rearrange-
ment followed by treatment with aqueous calcium oxide
is shown to be general and provides access by green
aqueous procedures to a group of hitherto unavailable
branched carbohydrate chirons.
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33. 2-C-Methyl-D-threono-1,4-lactone 22D: oil, ½aꢀD ꢁ18.8 (c
1.1, H2O); mmax (film): 3406, 1775 cmꢁ1; dH (CD3OD,
400 MHz): 1.36 (3H, s, CH3), 3.98 (1H, dd, J3,4 4.4 Hz,
0
0
J4,4 9.4 Hz, H-4), 4.19 (1H, m, H-3), 4.50 (1H, dd, J3,4
5.4 Hz, J4,4 9.4 Hz, H-40); dC (CD3OD, 100.6 MHz): 16.6
(CH3), 71.8 (C-4), 74.5 (C-3), 74.9 (C-2), 179.0 (C-1).
0
22
34. 2-C-Methyl-D-erythrono-1,4-lactone 23D: oil, ½aꢀD ꢁ35.0 (c
0.3, H2O); mmax (film): 3398, 1774 cmꢁ1; dH (CD3OD,
400 MHz): 1.41 (3H, s, CH3), 4.06 (1H, dd, J3,4 1.8 Hz,
0
0
J3,4 4.1 Hz, H-3), 4.16 (1H, dd, J3,4 1.85 Hz, J4,4 10.2 Hz,
H-4), 4.45 (1H, dd, J3,4 4.1 Hz, J4,4 10.2 Hz, H-40); dC
(CD3OD, 100.6 MHz): 19.9 (CH3), 72.3 (C-4), 73.4 (C-2),
73.5 (C-3), 179.4 (C-1).
0
0