title: Synthesis of 1-deoxy-L-gulonojirimycin (L-guloDNJ) and 1-deoxy-D-talonojirimycin (D-taloDNJ).
abstract: Carbohydrate based syntheses of azasugars with unusual configurations viz. 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-L-gulitol (L-guloDNJ) and 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-L-talitol (L-taloDNJ) are reported, from D-mannose and D-fructose, respectively. The key steps in both syntheses involved reductive aminative cyclizations. Thus, L-guloDNJ was obtained by reduction of 2,3;4,6-di-O-isopropylidene-5-O-p-toluenesulfonyl-D-mannononitrile with LiAlH(4) in DME to give the protected azasugar which upon hydrolysis with HCl afforded crystalline L-guloDNJ as the HCl salt in 29% overall yield. Reduction of 6-azido-1-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-2,3-O-isopropylidene-beta-D-ribohexulofuranose obtained from D-fructose in six steps, followed by treatment with HCl, afforded L-taloDNJ as an HCl salt in approximately 10% overall yield.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, NSR Center for Molecular Structure, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Cosam C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Regeling
authors.forename: Binne
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zwanenburg
authors.forename: Gordon J F
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Chittenden
mesh_terms: D017485:1-Deoxynojirimycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: C470465:1-deoxy-gulonojirimycin; C470466:1-deoxy-talonojirimycin; D017485:1-Deoxynojirimycin