Synthesis of a cycloheptaose consisting of (1 → 4)-linked 7-amino-6,7-dideoxy-α-d-gluco-heptopyranosyl units: A new analog of cyclomaltoheptaose
摘要:
Approaches to chain extension al the C-6 positions in cyclomaltoheptaose (1) were examined with the aim of producing novel beta-cyclodextrin analogs composed of heptose or hepturonic acid units. Iron carbonyl-mediated methoxycarbonylation, and nucleophilic displacement by cyanide, in the fully acetylated heptakis(6-deoxy-6-iodo) and heptakis(6-O-mesyl) derivates of 1, respectively, were unsuccessful, as were similar reactions attempted with the newly synthesized, analogous allyl-protected derivatives of 1. However, reaction of unprotected heptakis(6-deoxy-6-iodo)cyclomaltoheptaose with lithium cyanide in N,N-dimethylformamide afforded a high yield of the corresponding heptakis(6-cyano-6-deoxy) compound, namely, cyclohepta-(1 --> 4)-(6-deoxy-alpha-D-gluco-heptopyranosid)urononitrile, catalytic hydrogenation of which gave the title compound, cyclo-(1 --> 4)-(7-amino-6,7-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucoheptopyrano)heptaose, isolated as its peracetyl derivative.