Looking glass inhibitors: efficient synthesis and biological evaluation of D-deoxyfuconojirimycin.

1,6-Dideoxygalactostatin, the mirror image of 1-deoxy-L-fuconojirimycin, was efficiently prepared from 2,3-O-isopropylidene-L-lyxonolactone in four steps and evaluated as a glycosidase inhibitor.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blériot, Y, Gretzke, D, Krülle, T, Butters, T, Dwek, R, Nash, R, Asano, N, Fleet, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005