title: A short and economical synthesis of orthogonally protected C-linked 2-deoxy-2-acetamido-alpha-D-galactopyranose derivatives.
abstract: A short and high-yielding synthesis has been devised to prepare C-linked 2-deoxy-2-acetamido-alpha-D-galactopyranose derivative 3. One of the main advantages of this approach is that it employs commercially available and inexpensive d-glucosamine as the starting material. The key steps include a highly stereoselective C-allylation followed by epimerization of the C-4 hydroxyl group. Building block 3 and orthogonally protected C-linked 2-deoxy-2-acetamido-alpha-D-galactopyranose derivative 2 were obtained in 44% overall yield (six steps) and 29% overall yield (eight steps), respectively. This represents a significant improvement over previously reported syntheses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Vincent R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Bouvet
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ben
mesh_terms: D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D005690:Galactose