A Convenient Route to Higher Sugars by Two-Carbon Chain Elongation Using Wittig/Dihydroxylation Reactions
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Abstract
The combination of a Wittig olefination and a dihydroxylation reaction constitutes a facile synthetic protocol for the transformation of unprotected carbohydrates into higher sugars. The Wittig reaction is carried out with tert-butyl or diphenylmethyl ester stabilized phosphoranes to give (E)-configured alpha,beta-unsaturated esters as the only products in most cases. These are dihydroxylated in a diastereoselective fashion using OsO(4)/NMO. The stereochemical outcome in the dihydroxylation follows Kishi's empirical rule and gives high diastereoselectivity (5:1-8:1) when starting from sugars with the 2,3-threo configuration. When starting from sugars with the 2,3-erythro configuration, the diastereoselectivity in the dihydroxylation is low (2:1-2.5:1). As a result, the Wittig/dihydroxylation protocol is most effective for producing higher sugars with the galacto configuration at the reducing end. The two steps can either be carried out individually or, more efficiently, as a one-pot procedure.
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