Canadian Journal of Chemistry

A synthesis of (+) and (-) methyl nonactate from a derivative of d-ribose

KM Sun, B Fraser-Reid

Index: Sun, King Mo; Dawe, Robert D.; Fraser-Reid, Bert Carbohydrate Research, 1987 , vol. 171, p. 35 - 48

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Citation Number: 31

Abstract

C-Glycofuranosides with an activated methylene group at C1 of the glycosyl residue are amenable to epimerisation via a retro-Michael-Michael addition sequence. Advantage is taken of this phenomenon by converting methyl 2, 3-O-isopropylidene-β, d-ribo-