申请人:Glycom A/S
公开号:US20140235848A1
公开(公告)日:2014-08-21
A method that can be used to make a precursor of L-fucose from D-glucose that includes the steps of a) making a compound of formula (1) from D-glucose, formula (1) wherein R
1
is acyloxy, and Q is a group (a), (b), (c) or (d), formula (a), (b), (c) or (d) or wherein R
1
is OH, and Q is a group (e), (f) or (g); formula (e), (f) or (g) wherein R
2
is acyloxy and R
3
is a sulphonyl leaving group; and b) producing 6-deoxy-L-talose from the compound of formula (1) formed in step a), wherein the moiety is a highly lipophilic protecting group; compounds according to formula (1), and use of a compound according to formula (1) are provided.