The invention provides compounds of formula (I) for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc
The invention provides compounds of formula (I) for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
Oxidation of GlcNAc thiazoline in the presence of an alcohol affords no glycosidation products, but rather the alkyl alpha-GlcNAc 1-C-sulfonate. E2 cleavage of the sulfonate ester and then O-deacetylation gives the alpha-GlcNAc 1-C-sulfonic acid, a new type of carbohydrate derivative. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.