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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 136, Issue 15, Pages 5740-5744Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja500410c
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- National Science Foundation [NSF 1300334]
- GAANN graduate fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1300334] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The efficient and stereoselective construction of linkages remains one of the most formidable challenges in organic chemistry. This is especially true in cases such as beta-linked deoxy-sugars, where the outcome of the reaction cannot be controlled using the stereochemical information intrinsic to the glycosyl donor. Here we show that p-toluenesulfonic anhydride activates 2-deoxy-sugar hemiacetals in situ as electrophilic species, which react stereoselectively with nucleophilic acceptors to produce beta-anomers exclusively. NMR studies confirm that, under these conditions, the hemiacetal is quantitatively converted into an alpha-glycosyl tosylate, which is presumably the reactive species in the reaction. This approach demonstrates that use of promoters that activate hemiacetals as well-defined intermediates can be used to permit stereoselective glycosylation through an S(N)2-pathway.
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