Carbohydrate research

Practical de-O-acylation reactions promoted by molecular sieves

KPR Kartha, B Mukhopadhyay, RA Field

Index: Kartha, K.P. Ravindranathan; Mukhopadhyay, Balaram; Field, Robert A. Carbohydrate Research, 2004 , vol. 339, # 3 p. 729 - 732

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Abstract

Methanol dried extensively over molecular sieves, or methanol in combination with powdered molecular sieves, serves as a good acceptor for acyl transfer reactions. Several O- acetylated and O-benzoylated sugar derivatives were efficiently de-O-acylated using this approach. In the case of per-O-acetylated N-acetylglucosamine, selective anomeric deprotection could be effected in high yield.