作者:Pier Luigi Barili、Maria Camilla Bergonzi、Giancarlo Berti、Giorgio Catelani、Felicia D'Andrea、Francesco De Rensis
DOI:10.1080/07328309908544053
日期:1999.1
The title compound, previously unreported in either enantioform, and its 2,6-di-O-benzyl derivative have been synthesized through a stereocontrolled epimerization at C-2 of 6-O-protected methyl 3,4-O-isopropylidene-5-C-methoxy-beta-D-galactopyranosides The epimerization, performed through a high yielding sequence of oxidation-reduction owing to the cooperative role of the equatorial C-l aglycon and the steric hindrance of the isopropylidene group, turned out to be completely diastereoselective. Whereas the unprotected L-ribo-hexos-5-ulose exists, as proved by NMR in D2O, in five main tautomeric forms in a ratio of about 4:2:2:1:1, only two anomeric 1,4-furanosic forms are present at equilibrium in its 2,6-di-O-benzyl derivative, in ratios ranging from 10:1 to 7:3, depending on the prevalence of D2O or CD3CN in the solvent mixture.