title: Highly efficient synthesis of ketoheptoses.
abstract: A reliable, facile, high overall yielding and diastereoselective synthesis of ketoheptoses was developed and applied for preparation of the two most diabetogenic ketoheptoses as well as in a modified version for the synthesis of kamusol.
authors.affiliation: University of Hamburg, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waschke
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thimm
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thiem
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006539:Heptoses / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D006539:Heptoses