Abstract:
Suitable carbohydrate substrates were investigated in intramolecular, radical C-glycosylation reactions mediated by vitamin B12, vitamin B12a or Bu3SnH/AIBN.
In case of vitamin B12 and B12a-catalysed radical reactions, 2,3,4,6-O-protected glucopyranoses and glucopyranosides with different activating groups at the anomeric centre were tested in their reaction with a radical acceptor and B12 or B12a. As the main product, 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-glucal was found instead of C-glucoside, in two cases thioglucosides were found.
Protection of the 2-OH-group of Phenyl-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-1-seleno-b-D-glucopyranoside with unsaturated carbon acids lead to new precursors for intramolecular, Bu3SnH/AIBN-mediated C-glucosylation reactions. The tested reactions showed the strong influence of the protecting group neighbouring the anomeric centre on the radical reaction. As a result, rearranged products as well as reduced sugars were found.
Next to radical reactions, ring closing metathesis (RCM) was also exploited as a method for chain prolongation of carbohydrate precursors. 1-(3',4',6'-Tri-O-benzyl-a-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-propen was chosen as precursor and substituted in 2-position with various unsaturated protecting groups. Reaction of these derivatives with Grubbs first and second generation catalysts gave in case of the allyldimethylsilylether the corresponding chain-prolonged C-glucoside in good yield (77 %). Deprotection of the 2-OH-group of the pyranose ring went almost quantitatively with Bu4NF.