Stereocontrolled chemical glycosylation remains a major challenge despite vast efforts reported over many decades and so far still mainly relies on trial and error. Now it is shown that the relative reactivity value (RRV) of thioglycosides is an indicator for revealing stereoselectivities according to four types of acceptors. Mechanistic studies show that the reaction is dominated by two distinct intermediates:
Glycosyl donors having a diphenylphosphinate and a propane-1,3-diyl phosphate leaving group were easily prepared by the addition of the anomeric hydroxyl group of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-α,β-d-glucopyranose to diphenylphosphinic and propane-1,3-diyldioxyphosphoryl chlorides. These glycosyl donors were selectively glycosylated with a number of primary and secondary oxygen nucleophiles in the presence
Glycosidation of tetra-O-benzyl-D-glucose using diphenylphosphinate as the leaving group afforded β-O-linked glycosides as the major products, whilst the use of propane-1,3-diyl phosphate as the leaving group resulted in the exclusive formation of β-O-linked glycoside.
An extremely mild and general method for the stereocontrolled construction of 1,2-cis-glycosidic linkages via S-glycopyranosyl phosphorodiamidimidothioates