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4.5 – Mannose synthesis<br />

hydrolysis (section 3.2.4). Extended reaction with aqueous sulfuric and hydrochloric<br />

acids led <strong>to</strong> polymerisation, with greater than ten times the mass of the reaction being<br />

isolated as a globular oil. Treatment with perchloric acid (entry m) caused incomplete<br />

hydrolysis <strong>to</strong> the ester, which could not be further hydrolysed.<br />

Despite the initially promising result, the reactivity of the oxazoline was dominating<br />

the reaction of 216. In light of this, the hydrolysis of the free epoxide 309 was<br />

attempted (Table 4.9).<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

309<br />

OH<br />

Conditions<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

OH<br />

324<br />

OH<br />

+<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

OH<br />

322<br />

OH<br />

Entry Conditions Result<br />

a KOH (1M, aq) THF, Δ 16 hr no isolable product<br />

b KOH, d 6 -DMSO, 50 °C, 1 hr elimination<br />

c TFA:H 2 O 1:3, rt, 16 hr nr<br />

d H 2 SO 4 (3M), THF, rt, 5 hr polymerised<br />

e HClO 4 (3M), dioxane, rt, 1 hr polymerised<br />

f HCl (3M) THF, rt, 3 hr 50% 5:1 (324:322)<br />

g HCl (3M) THF, 0 °C <strong>to</strong> rt, 8 hr 81% (324) *<br />

* no crude NMR ratio obtainable<br />

Table 4.9 – epoxide hydrolysis (route F)<br />

Hydroxide opening of the epoxide was again unsuccessful (entries a-b). <strong>The</strong> KOH-<br />

DMSO system again gave mixed oxirane products which were inseparable by<br />

chroma<strong>to</strong>graphy and only identified by similar chemical shift and couplings in the<br />

crude 1 H NMR. Further analysis of the crude mixture indicates the product of<br />

elimination at C3-C4. A range of acid conditions were also employed (entries c-g); the<br />

epoxide was unreactive under TFA-H 2 O conditions despite good precedent. 201 It is<br />

likely this is due <strong>to</strong> the poor solubility of the epoxide in water. Treatment with<br />

perchloric acid and sulfuric acid returned crude reaction mixtures with UV active<br />

products, and significant mass increase; this is again attributed <strong>to</strong> polymerisation.<br />

176

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