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A new family of five-carbon iminoalditols which are potent glycosidase inhibitors
Bernotas, Ronald C.,Papandreou, George,Urbach, Jonathan,Oanem, Bruce
, p. 3393 - 3396 (1990)
The synthesis of 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-xylitol 2 (and the enantiomeric iminoalditols 3 and 4) is described. Alditol 2 compares favorably with 1-deoxynojirimycin 1 as a potent inhibitor of β-glucosidase.
