Iminoheptitols as glycosidase inhibitors: Synthesis of α-homomannojirimycin, 6-epi-α-homomannojirimycin and of a highly substituted pipecolic acid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)89047-5

In a search for a mannopyranose analogue which inhibits α-mannosidases but not α-fucosidases, α-homonojirimycin was prepared; the syntheses of 6-epi-α-homonojirimycin and of 2,6-dideoxy-2,6-imino-L-glycero-D-talo-heptonic acid (a highly substituted pipecolic acid) are also reported.