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Enantiomerically Pure, Highly Functionalized Tetrahydrofurans from Simple Carbohydrate Precursors
Lundt, Inge,Frank, Holger
, p. 13285 - 13298 (1994)
6-Bromo-6-deoxy-1,4-aldonolactones and 6-bromo-6-deoxy-alditols with D-galacto, D-altro-, D-manno- and D-ido-configuration were selectively converted into hydroxylated tetrahydrofuran derivatives by simple heating in water.The 6-bromo-6-deoxy-altritol (10) and 6-bromo-6-deoxy-D-iditol (25) reacted even at room temperature.Likewise, 6-bromo-2,6-dideoxy-aldonolactones with D-arabino- (29) and D-lyxo-configuration (31) gave the corresponding 2-deoxy-3,6-anhydride, when heated in water.The rate of formation of the furan ring by intramolecular nucleophilic substitution was determined by the conformation of the bromopolyols in water.