First stereoselective synthesis of 2-deoxy-alpha-D-ribosyl-1-phosphate: novel application of crystallization-induced
Hironori Komatsu1, Hirokazu Awano
1Catalysis Science Laboratory, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., 1144 Togo, Mobara-shi, Chiba 297-0017, Japan. hironori.komatsu@mitsui-chem.co.jp
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|July 20, 2002
Abstract:
A first stereoselective synthesis of bis(cyclohexylamine) 2-deoxy-alpha-D-ribosyl-1-phosphate has been achieved. The synthesis features a key crystallization-induced asymmetric transformation (AT) to generate a desired alpha-anomer in 99% yield at a 98.8:1.2 ratio of alpha/beta.


