Abstract Layered α-zirconium sulfophenylphosphonate-methanphosphonate is a solid acid catalyst that catalyzes Ferrier rearrangement from d-glycals and alcoholic nucleophiles under mild reaction conditions in short time and good yields. Notably, the combination of α- zirconium sulfophenylphosphonate-methanphosphonate and lithium bromide change the regioselectivity of this process affording 2-deoxy sugars in good yields. Graphical Abstract
[France, Christopher J.; McFarlane, Ian M.; Newton, Christopher G.; Pitchen, Philippe; Webster, Michael Tetrahedron Letters, 1993 , vol. 34, # 10 p. 1635 - 1638]
