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Mirror-Image Carbohydrates: Synthesis of the Unnatural Enantiomer of a Blood Group Trisaccharide
Boulineau, Fabien P.,Wei, Alexander
, p. 3391 - 3399 (2007/10/03)
Methyl D-glucoside and D-glucose pentaacetate are transformed, respectively, into methyl α-O-glucuronide 3 and hydroxymethyl β-C-glucuronide 9, which undergo decarboxylative elimination efficiently to produce 4-deoxypentenoside 4 and L-glucal 10. These unsaturated pyranosides provide an expeditious entry into mirror-image oligosaccharides, as demonstrated in the synthesis of the unnatural enantiomer of the H-type II blood group determinant trisaccharide (D-Fuc-(α1-2)-L-Gal-(β 1-4)-L-GlcNAc-β-OMe). This work illustrates that D-glucose, a common starting material in the synthesis of naturally occurring carbohydrates, can also be used to prepare their mirror-image analogues.
