D-xylofuranose: Conversion to its' 3,5-oxetane via an unusual reductive displacement of phthalimide and subsequent regioselective ring opening.
作者:Nigel G. Cooke、D.Alan Jones、Andrew Whiting
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)88323-x
日期:1992.1
3,5-anhydro-1,2-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-xylofuranose has been prepared from the corresponding 5-phthalimido derivative in quantitative yield, and its' formation involves an unusual phthalimide substitution in the presence of sodium borohydride in methanol. A mechanism is proposed for this unusual cyclisation, which involves initial activation of the phthalimide. Subsequent Lewis-acid catalysed ring openings have been achieved in a regiospecific manner.