Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Nitrogen Atom Transfer for 1,2-cis-Selective Glycosylation
Hao Xu1, Dakang Zhang1, Zixiang Jiang1
1Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham MA, 02453, United States.
Abstract:
This account highlights an iron-catalyzed exclusively 1,2-cis-selective glycosylation method for aminoglycoside synthesis. This selective nitrogen atom transfer reaction is effective for a broad range of glycosyl donors and acceptors, and it can be operated in a reiterative fashion and scaled up to the multi-gram scale. Mechanistic studies revealed a unique yet generally applicable glycosylation mechanism in which the iron catalyst activates a glycosyl acceptor and an oxidant when it facilitates the cooperative atom transfer of both moieties to a glycosyl donor in an exclusively cis-selective manner.
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