title: A vinyl sulfone-modified carbohydrate mediated new route to aminosugars and branched-chain sugars.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, India. tpathak@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in
authors: Tanmaya
authors: T
authors: Pathak
authors: Rahul
authors: R
authors: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000606:Amino Sugars / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D025942:Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013450:Sulfones / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000606:Amino Sugars; D025942:Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain; D013450:Sulfones; C009873:divinyl sulfone