Synthesis of α-Glycosyl Thiols by Stereospecific Ring-Opening of 1,6-Anhydrosugars
作者:Xiangming Zhu、Ravindra T. Dere、Junyan Jiang、Lei Zhang、Xiaoxia Wang
DOI:10.1021/jo202069y
日期:2011.12.16
Treatment of 1,6-anhydrosugars with commercially available bis(trimethylsilyl) sulfide in the presence of trimethylsilyl triflate led to the formation of a-glycosyl thiols. All the reactions were highly stereoselective and afforded the a-glycosyl thiols in good to excellent yields. By this procedure, a variety of 1,6-anhydrosugars, differing in their sugar units, glycosidic linkages, and protecting group pattern, were converted smoothly into the corresponding a-glycosyl thiols, which could be of great utility in thioglycoside chemistry. It is noteworthy that 1,6-anhydrosugars carrying the 2-O-acyl group and 1,6-anhydrosugar-containing oligosaccharides could also be ring-opened stereospecifically under the same conditions to give rise to the corresponding 1-thiosugars in high yields. Thus, a very concise and efficient access to a-glycosyl thiols of great value was established.