The Overman rearrangement in carbohydrate chemistry:: stereoselective synthesis of functionalized 3-amino-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrans and incorporation in peptide derivatives

A stereocontrolled synthesis of an unsaturated sugar bearing two amino groups (one of them masked as an azide), using an Overman rearrangement as key step, is described. This scaffold is used to prepare two peptides having aromatic fragments. which have shown activity as calpain inhibitors. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.