title: Iridium-catalysed condensation of alcohols and amines as a method for aminosugar synthesis.
abstract: Primary carbohydrate amines at primary and secondary carbons are alkylated by alcohols in the presence of [Cp*IrCl(2)](2). When primary carbohydrate alcohols are used as the coupling partners and in the presence of Cs(2)CO(3), amine-linked pseudodisaccharides are obtained. Secondary carbohydrate alcohols are unaffected under these conditions, which allows regioselective reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, The Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. ian.cumpstey@sjc.oxon.org
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cumpstey
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: K Eszter
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Borbas
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martín-Matute