Cycloaddition reactions of activated exo-glycals and nitrones proceeded only under microwave activation, with excellent facial selectivities on furanoglycosylidenes and good stereocontrol on the nitrone producing only two diastereomeric spiroisoxazolidines. alpha/beta-Spiro sugar-isoxazolidines are obtained from pyrano exo-glycals. The cycloaddition reaction with nitrile oxide proceeds at room temperature and gives open-chain isoxazoles due to facile beta-elimination of the sugar ring oxygen on the intermediate isoxazoline ring system. All the heterocycles obtained this way can be regarded as nucleoside analogues. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cycloaddition reactions of activated exo-glycals and nitrones proceeded only under microwave activation, with excellent facial selectivities on furanoglycosylidenes and good stereocontrol on the nitrone producing only two diastereomeric spiroisoxazolidines. alpha/beta-Spiro sugar-isoxazolidines are obtained from pyrano exo-glycals. The cycloaddition reaction with nitrile oxide proceeds at room temperature and gives open-chain isoxazoles due to facile beta-elimination of the sugar ring oxygen on the intermediate isoxazoline ring system. All the heterocycles obtained this way can be regarded as nucleoside analogues. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cycloaddition reactions of activated exo-glycals and nitrones proceeded only under microwave activation, with excellent facial selectivities on furanoglycosylidenes and good stereocontrol on the nitrone producing only two diastereomeric spiroisoxazolidines. alpha/beta-Spiro sugar-isoxazolidines are obtained from pyrano exo-glycals. The cycloaddition reaction with nitrile oxide proceeds at room temperature and gives open-chain isoxazoles due to facile beta-elimination of the sugar ring oxygen on the intermediate isoxazoline ring system. All the heterocycles obtained this way can be regarded as nucleoside analogues. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.