An unexpected rearrangement giving a new thiosubstituted carbohydrate
Agathe Martinez1, Eric Hénon, Claire Coiffier
1Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims, UMR CNRS, Université de Reims, Reims Cedex, France.
Abstract:
A new thiosubstituted 'd-arabino'-type derivative was obtained from an open carbohydrate via a cascade of four consecutive transformations in a single reaction process. Molecular orbital computations were also performed to explain the stereochemical outcome of the reaction.
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