A formal total synthesis of deoxynojirimycin from D-glucitol

This report deals with the formal synthesis of deoxynojirimycin using D-glucitol as an inexpensive starting material. Through a sequence of several selective protection/deprotection and nucleophilic substitution reactions, many isopropylidene derivatives were obtained. Formation of an epoxide interm...

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Main Authors: Braga Raquel M., Kato Lucilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2003-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532003000500019
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Summary:This report deals with the formal synthesis of deoxynojirimycin using D-glucitol as an inexpensive starting material. Through a sequence of several selective protection/deprotection and nucleophilic substitution reactions, many isopropylidene derivatives were obtained. Formation of an epoxide intermediate and its subsequent ring opening, via intramolecular nucleophilic substitution, leads to the synthesis of heterocyclic 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-diamine-2,3-O-isopropylidene-6-silyl-D-glucitol, which is a precursor of deoxynojirimycin (DNJ).
ISSN:0103-5053