A vinyl sulfone-modified carbohydrate mediated new route to aminosugars and branched-chain sugars.
This minireview describes syntheses of various vinyl sulfone-modified carbohydrates and their reactions with nitrogen and carbon nucleophiles for accessing a wide range of aminosugars and branched-chain sugars.
Pathak
Tanmaya
T
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, India. tpathak@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in
Bhattacharya
Rahul
R
D000606:Amino Sugars / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D025942:Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013450:Sulfones / Q000737:chemistry*
D000606:Amino Sugars; D025942:Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain; D013450:Sulfones; C009873:divinyl sulfone