title: Sulfenic acids in the carbohydrate field. Synthesis of transient glycosulfenic acids and their addition to unsaturated acceptors.
abstract: A new method is described for building up anomeric glycosyl sulfoxides, via the formation of transient glycosulfenic acids and their addition to unsaturated acceptors. Thermolysis of alpha- and beta-3-[(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-D-glucopyranosyl)sulfinyl]propanenitriles affords 1-glucosulfenic acids, which are reacted in situ with common substituted alkynes. The obtained (R(S),E)-2-[(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)sulfinyl]-2-butendioates are involved as enantiopure sulfinyl dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to evaluate the role that the sugar moiety plays in the steric control of the cycloaddition. This chemistry provides a direct synthetic strategy for the stereocontrolled connection between thioglycon and aglycon moieties, thus offering the basis for an easy elaboration of new molecules incorporating thiosugar residues.
mesh_terms: D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D003500:Cyclization; D006027:Glycosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013434:Sulfenic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D006027:Glycosides; D013434:Sulfenic Acids