title: 1-O-vinyl glycosides via Tebbe olefination, their use as chiral auxiliaries and monomers.
abstract: A series of anomerically pure 1-O-formyl glycosides 1 was prepared and converted into the corresponding 1-O-vinyl glycosides 2 by Tebbe olefination. The unsubstituted vinyl glycosides were obtained as anomerically pure compounds in good yields, and the method of preparation was compatible with the presence of a variety of functional groups. Remarkably, the anomeric formate group was regioselectively converted into the corresponding olefin in the presence of acetate and benzoate protecting groups. With the perspective to use the 1-O-vinyl glycosides as monomers for the preparation of glycosylated poly(vinyl alcohol) derivatives with controlled tacticity, their scope as chiral auxiliaries for a stereodifferentiation in addition reactions to the olefin function was investigated by using the [2+2] cycloaddition to dichloroketene as a model reaction. In particular, vinyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-alpha-d-mannopyranoside (2i) exhibited excellent diastereoselectivity. Finally, the 1-O-vinyl glycosides were successfully subjected to radical homopolymerization in bulk or used as electron-rich comonomers in radical copolymerizations with maleic anhydride, yielding alternating, glycosylated poly(vinyl alcohol-alt-maleic anhydride).
authors.affiliation: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Department of Materials, ETH Hönggerberg, HCI H515, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jialong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Kristof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frauenrath
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008362:Mannosides / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D006027:Glycosides; D008362:Mannosides; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride