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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Solvent-Free Glycosylation from per-O-Acylated Donors Catalyzed by Methanesulfonic Acid

The huge importance of carbohydrates and their derivatives in biomedical and industrial applications call for the development of streamlined and sustainable procedures for their synthetic elaboration. Here reported a novel glycosylation method based on direct activation of readily available per-O-acylated (acetylated or benzoylated) donors, promoted under air by methanesulfonic acid as a cheap and green catalyst in the absence of any solvent. Besides the beneficial avoidance of toxic and polluting organic solvents, these conditions were found critical for activating such poorly reactive donors with a very small catalyst loading (only 5 mol %), instead of stoichiometric Lewis acid promoters typically employed. Desired glycosides were quickly obtained, in most cases with high 1,2-trans stereoselectivity. Other main advantages over reported glycosylations with similar donors are the limited stoichiometric excess of the acceptor (or the donor), the easy applicability and low cost of the procedure and the wide target scope, also covering the synthesis of disaccharides and other non-trivial glycosides with applicable potential.

Copper-mediated O-arylation of lactols with aryl boronic acids

An efficient and novel methodology to access phenolic glycosides has been established by using copper-mediated coupling reaction of aryl boronic acids with hemiacetals. The reaction takes place normally in the presence of Cu(OAc)2 (1.0 equiv.) and pyridine (2.0 equiv.) at 40 °C. This protocol distinguishes itself by wide substrate scope, operational simplicity and giving rise to a myriad of phenolic glycosides in good to excellent yields.

Isoquinoline-1-Carboxylate as a Traceless Leaving Group for Chelation-Assisted Glycosylation under Mild and Neutral Reaction Conditions

Glycosyl isoquinoline-1-carboxylate was developed as a novel benchtop stable and readily available glycosyl donor. The glycosylation reaction was promoted by the inexpensive Cu(OTf)2 salt under mild reaction conditions. The copper isoquinoline-1-carboxylate salt was precipitated from the solution and thus rendered a traceless leaving group. Surprisingly, the proton from the acceptor was absorbed by the precipitated metal complex and the reaction mixture remained at neutral pH. The copper-promoted glycosylation was also proven to be completely orthogonal to the gold-promoted glycosylation, and an iterative synthesis of oligosaccharides from benchtop stable anomeric ester building blocks becomes possible under mild reaction conditions.

Revisit of the phenol O-glycosylation with glycosyl imidates, BF 3·OEt2 is a better catalyst than TMSOTf

With BF3·OEt2 as the catalyst, the glycosylation of phenols with glycosyl trichloroacetimidates (or N-phenyl trifluoroacetimidates) bearing 2-O-participating groups leads to the desired 1,2-trans-O-glycosides in generally excellent yields without formation of the 1,2-cis-anomers. However, with TMSOTf as the catalyst, the outcomes of the corresponding phenol O-glycosylation are highly dependent on the nucleophilicity of the phenols; less nucleophilic is the phenol, higher amounts of the 1,2-cis-O-glycoside together with more side-products are generated. 1,2-Orthoesters have been found to be the major products at a low temperature (a higher temperature. BF 3·OEt2 is an effective catalyst to promote the conversion of 1,2-orthoesters into the corresponding 1,2-trans-O-glycosides. However, the 1,2-orthoesters could be converted into the dioxolenium triflate and glycosyl triflate in the presence of TMSOTf, these intermediates which might be in equilibrium with the glycosyl oxocarbenium related species lead to the final mixture of the α/β-O-glycosides and side-products.