Transglucosidation of methyl and ethyl D-glucofuranosides by alcoholysis
K J Johansson1, P Konradsson, Z Trumpakaj
1Department of Chemistry, Linkoping University, Sweden.
Abstract:
The acid catalyzed ethanolysis of methyl 5-O-methyl-alpha- and -beta-D-glucofuranoside and the analogous methanolysis of ethyl 5-O-methyl-alpha- and -beta-D-glucofuranoside have been investigated. For all four reactions, the primarily formed transglycosylation product was a single glycoside that had the opposite anomeric configuration to the starting material. This strongly indicates that a D-glucose methyl ethyl acetal is first formed and is then ring closed by a nucleophilic attack by HO-4, giving either the starting material or a transglycosylation product with the opposite anomeric configuration. Low percentages of the methyl ethyl acetals and of dimethyl acetals were also observed in the reaction product during the methanolysis reactions.
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