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New optically pure dimethylacetals of glyceraldehydes and their application for lipid and phospholipid synthesis
Massing, Ulrich,Eibl, Hansjoerg
, p. 211 - 224 (2007/10/02)
A convenient synthesis of new and enantiometrically pure 2-O-protected D-glyceraldehyde dimethylacetals as chiral C-3 building blocks for the synthesis of lipids and phospholipids is described.Benzyl- or allylethers are used as protecting groups in position 2 and 5 of D-mannitol.These intermediates are converted to 2-O-benzyl- or 2-O-alkyl-D-glyceraldehyde dimethylacetals by cleavage with periodic acid in methanol.The two dimethylacetals are useful for the synthesis of mixed chain phospholipids with natural configuration of ester-ester, ester-ether or ether-ether composition.Also, triglycerides with three different alkyl chains, ester of ether, can be prepared.As an example of the varsatility of the new intermediates, we describe the synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocho;ine, the so-called 'platelet activating factor' (PAF), via 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-benzyl-sn-glycerol. Keywords: Synthetic phospholipids; PAF; Phospholipid analogues; Synthesis; Chiral pool; Glyceraldehyde; C-3 building blocks; Optical purity
Pyranoside Derivatives of 3-Deoxyald-2-ulosonic Acids
Charon, Daniel,Szabo, Ladislas
, p. 1971 - 1977 (2007/10/02)
At pH 11.5 in 0.2M-sodium tetraborate solution and in the presence of Ni2+, 2-O-benzyl-D-arabinose reacts with oxaloacetic acid to give a 50-60percent yield of 5-O-benzyl-3-deoxyoct-2-ulosonic acids (mixed D-gluco- and D-manno-isomers).The methyl esters of these were separated and the α-methyl glycoside of the D-manno-isomer was prepared.The conformation of the compounds was established by n.m.r. spectroscopy at 250 MHz.It was observed that esterification of the carboxy-group greatly increases the stability of the glycosidic bond of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid while the benzyl substituent in position 5 exerts only a weak stabilising effect. 2-O-Benzyl-D-glyceraldehyde, when treated with oxaloacetic acid in the presence of Ni2+ at pH 7 in the absence of borate, yields 5-O-benzyl-3-deoxyhex-2-ulosonic acids, the predomonant D-erythro-isomer being isolated as its methyl ester.
