34147-09-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
A Domino Epoxide Ring-Opening Xanthate Migration Reaction: An Alternative Entry to Thiosugars
Comba, María B.,Mangione, María I.,Suárez, Alejandra G.,Sarotti, Ariel M.,Spanevello, Rolando A.
, p. 6848 - 6856 (2018)
A sterereospecific and efficient synthesis of thiosugars derived from levoglucosenone and methyl α-d-glucopyranoside was developed by a domino epoxide ring opening- xanthate migration to afford 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thiones in high yields. The stereochemical outcome of the new C–S bond was defined by the configuration of the starting materials. The 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thiones were subsequently submitted to a second tandem reaction affording the corresponding 2,3-episulfide alcohols. The thiosugars obtained are useful building blocks for the synthesis of thiooligosaccharides with potential biological properties.
The conversion of levoglucosenone into isolevoglucosenone
Ma, Xinghua,Anderson, Natasha,White, Lorenzo V.,Bae, Song,Raverty, Warwick,Willis, Anthony C.,Banwell, Martin G.
, p. 593 - 599 (2015/04/27)
Levoglucosenone (1), a compound that will soon be available in tonne quantities through the pyrolysis of acid-treated lignocellulosic biomass, has been converted into isolevoglucosenone (2) using Wharton rearrangement chemistry. Treatment of compound 1 with alkaline hydrogen peroxide gave the γ-lactones 5 and 6 rather than the required epoxy-ketones 3 and/or 4. However, the latter pair of compounds could be obtained by an initial Luche reduction of compound 1, electrophilic epoxidation of the resulting allylic alcohol 8 and oxidation of the product oxiranes 9 and 10. Independent treatment of compounds 3 and 4 with hydrazine then acetic acid followed by oxidation of the ensuing allylic alcohols finally afforded isolevoglucosenone (2). Details of the single-crystal X-ray analyses of epoxy-alcohols 9 and 10 are reported.
