title: Chemical synthesis of 1'-deoxy-1'-fluorosucrose.
abstract: The first chemical synthesis of 1'-deoxy-1'-fluorosucrose has been accomplished in eight steps from sucrose by an unlikely, but ultimately successful, SN2 displacement reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Weijiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaddam
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harmata
mesh_terms: D005457:Fluoridation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013395:Sucrose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C460094:1'-deoxy-1'-fluorosucrose; D013395:Sucrose