Tetrahedron Letters

Novel synthesis of carbohydrates using electroreduction as key reactions

T Shono, H Ohmizu, N Kise

Index: Shono, Tatsuya; Ohmizu, Hiroshi; Kise, Naoki Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 46 p. 4801 - 4804

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Abstract

The use of 1 as starting materials in organic synthesis is one of our current major interests, and we wish to describe herein a new transformation of 1 to a-methoxy-or o- hydroxyaldehydes and synthesis of carbohydrates, that is, threose, erythrose, and erythrulose. With controlling reaction conditions, a variety of compounds can be selectively prepared from 1 by cathodic reduction. Thus, the cathodic reduction of 1 in methanol using ...