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General method for synthesizing pyranoid glycals. A new route to allal and gulal derivatives
Omar Boutureira1, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, M Isabel Matheu
1Departament de Química Analítica i Química Orgànica, Facultat de Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel.lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Pyranoid glycals of all configurations can be obtained from pentoses through an olefination-cyclization-elimination sequence. The elimination can be carried out with excellent yields under radical conditions or by using common reductive reagents such as Zn/Cu, TiCl(4)/LiAlH(4), or lithium naphthalenide. The proposed method is appropriate for the synthesis of glycals with allo or gulo configurations because the cyclization step is more efficient for these substrates.
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