title: A click chemistry approach to glycomimetics: Michael addition of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranose to 4-deoxy-1,2-O-isopropylidene-L-glycero-pent-4-enopyranos-3-ulose--a convenient route to novel 4-deoxy-(1-->5)-5-C-thiodisaccharides.
abstract: The base catalyzed conjugate Michael addition of the 1-thiosugar, 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranose, 1, to a new highly reactive enone 4-deoxy-1,2-O-isopropylidene-L-glycero-pent-4-enopyranos-3-ulose, 2, proceeds steroselectively with formation of adduct 3 in 94% yield. Convenient stereoselective reduction of the C-3 keto function of 3 with L-Selectride followed by in situ acetylation produces thiodisaccharide 4 in good 82% yield. Cleavage of the 1,2-O-isopropylidene protecting group with p-toluenesulfonic acid in methanol, followed by de-O-acetylation, produced an inseparable anomeric mixture of methyl 4-deoxy-5-C-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-thio-alpha/beta-L-ribo-pyranoside 5 in 72% overall yield. This approach constitutes a new general two-step click chemistry route to the previously unknown class of 4-deoxy-(1-->5)-5-C-thiodisaccharides as stable and biologically important glycomimetics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, Wilkes University, 84 W. South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, USA. zbigniew.witczak@wilkes.edu
authors.forename: Zbigniew J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Witczak
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lorchak
authors.forename: Nguyen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008358:Mannose / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D006027:Glycosides; D005947:Glucose; D008358:Mannose