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Chapter 4 – Synthesis of carbasugars<br />

during the course of the reactions black deposits were observed at the neck of the<br />

reaction vessel. This is presumed <strong>to</strong> be osmium dioxide, indicating a lack of available<br />

re-oxidant, even though two equivalents of NMO were used, and the oxidant is stable<br />

under the conditions.<br />

Benzylation of the resulting diol gave a mixture of mono- and dibenzylation products.<br />

Tribenzyl ether 301 was isolated as a single compound and characterised by COSY<br />

NMR, implying that benzylation first occurs at the more encumbered neopentylic<br />

alcohol. This alcohol was re-subjected <strong>to</strong> the reaction conditions <strong>to</strong> give perbenzyl<br />

ether 302 in good yield, ready for onward reaction.<br />

Ox*<br />

Ox*<br />

Ox*<br />

HO<br />

BnO<br />

NaH (2.4 eq), BnBr<br />

BnO<br />

HO<br />

OBn<br />

300<br />

OBn<br />

Bu 4 NI (cat), DMF<br />

HO<br />

OBn BnO OBn<br />

OBn<br />

54 %<br />

OBn<br />

33%<br />

301 302<br />

NaH, BnBr, Bu 4 NI<br />

DMF<br />

70%<br />

Scheme 4.27 – benzylation of diol<br />

4.2.7 Synthesis of an altrose analogue<br />

Oxazoline 302 has all the stereocentres of α-L-altrose (Scheme 4.11). Employing the<br />

alkylation-reduction-hydrolysis-reduction procedure (section 3.2), would reveal the<br />

primary alcohol, and debenzylation would yield the desired carbasugar analogue.<br />

302<br />

MeOTf<br />

then NaBH 4<br />

BnO<br />

BnO<br />

Ph<br />

O<br />

Ph<br />

NMe<br />

i) (CO 2 H) 2 , THF/water<br />

7 d, 60 °C<br />

ii) NaBH 4 , MeOH<br />

OBn<br />

OBn<br />

70%<br />

225<br />

Scheme 4.28 – removal of oxazoline auxiliary<br />

<strong>The</strong> alkylation-reduction step proceeded well; however as previously discussed the<br />

hydrolysis was much slower than for other related oxazolidines, which had typically<br />

BnO<br />

BnO<br />

OH<br />

OBn<br />

304<br />

OBn<br />

85%<br />

153

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