title: Reactions of some 2- and 4-O-triflylglycopyranosides with MeLi, t-BuOK, and pyridine.
abstract: As an extension of our previous work on secondary triflates of carbohydrates [El Nemr, A.; Tsuchiya, T. Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 7665-7668. El Nemr, A.; Tsuchiya, T.; Kobayashi, Y. Carbohydr. Res. 1996, 293, 31-59. El Nemr, A.; Tsuchiya, T. Carbohydr. Res. 1997, 301, 77-87. El Nemr, A.; Tsuchiya, T. Carbohydr. Res. 1997, 303, 267-281], the reaction modes of several methyl 2- and 4-O-triflyl-D-glycopyranosides with MeLi (strong base), t-BuOK (moderately strong base), and pyridine (weak base) have been studied. This paper describes the reactions of 3-O-benzyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-2-O-triflyl-D-gluco and -mannopyranosides with MeLi to give mainly the corresponding 2-C-methyl derivatives through alpha-elimination, with t-BuOK to give either the 2,3-unsaturated compounds through beta-elimination or detriflyl 2-ols, and with hot pyridine to give the corresponding 2-pyridinium salts with inversion (except for the 2-O-triflyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside (8)). 2,3,6-Tri-O-benzyl-4-O-triflyl-alpha-D-gluco and -mannopyranosides were also examined similarly.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Nemr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000737:chemistry*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D018020:Lithium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D000473:Alkanes; D006027:Glycosides; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; C023666:pyridine