title: One-pot alpha-glycosylation pathway via the generation in situ of alpha-glycopyranosyl imidates in N,N-dimethylformamide.
abstract: Divergent pathways are disclosed in the activation of 2-O-benzyl-1-hydroxy sugars by a reagent combination of CBr4 and Ph3P, all of which afford one-pot alpha-glycosylation methods. When this reagent is used in CH2Cl2, the 1-hydroxy sugar is converted to the alpha-glycosyl bromide in a conventional way and leads to the one-pot alpha-glycosylation method based on a halide ion-catalytic mechanism. In either DMF or a mixture of DMF and CHCl3, however, alternative alpha-glycosyl species are generated. From the 1H and 13C NMR study of the products, as well as the reactions using Vilsmeier reagents [(CH3)2N+=CHX]X- (X=Br and Cl), these were identified as cationic alpha-glycopyranosyl imidates having either Br- or Cl- counter ion. The cationic alpha-glycosyl imidate (Br-), derived specifically in the presence of DMF, is more reactive than the alpha-glycosyl bromide and thus is responsible for the accelerated one-pot alpha-glycosylation. The one-pot alpha-glycosylation methodology performed in DMF was assessed also with different types of acceptor substrates including tertiary alcohols and an anomeric mixture of 1-OH sugars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shingu
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyachi
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Kazukiyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishida
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004126:Dimethylformamide; D006031:Glycosylation; D007096:Imidoesters / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011714:Pyrans / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D007096:Imidoesters; D011714:Pyrans; D004126:Dimethylformamide