N-(beta-Glycopyranosyl)azidoacetamides, mimetics of the widely distributed GlcNAc-Asn linkage in glycoproteins, have been synthesized in good yields starting from beta-glycopyranosylamines in four steps involving selective N-chloroacetylation, peracetylation catalyzed by Na beta-zeolite, displacement of the Cl group by NaN3 in aqueous acetone, and Zemplen de-O-acetylation.
N-(beta-Glycopyranosyl)azidoacetamides, mimetics of the widely distributed GlcNAc-Asn linkage in glycoproteins, have been synthesized in good yields starting from beta-glycopyranosylamines in four steps involving selective N-chloroacetylation, peracetylation catalyzed by Na beta-zeolite, displacement of the Cl group by NaN3 in aqueous acetone, and Zemplen de-O-acetylation.
A conceptually novel strategy has been developed for the synthesis of N-(β-glycosyl)asparagine precursors in good yield by the alkylation of ethylnitroacetateusing six per-O-acetylated N-(β-glycosyl)iodoacetamides derived from mono- and disaccharides. The use of a chiral organocatalyst, N-(9-anthracenylmethyl)cinchoninium chloride (10 mol %), resulted in diastereoselective alkylation up to 64% de