Volume 43, Issue 42 pp. 5677-5679
Communication

Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrafluoroethylene-Containing Monosaccharides

A. James Boydell

A. James Boydell

Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK, Fax: (+44) 23-8059-6805

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Victoria Vinader Dr.

Victoria Vinader Dr.

GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK

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Bruno Linclau Dr.

Bruno Linclau Dr.

Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK, Fax: (+44) 23-8059-6805

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First published: 20 October 2004
Citations: 54

We thank GlaxoSmithKline for funding. We are grateful to Prof. R. J. Whitby and Dr. Martin Swarbrick for support. Abbreviations: AQN: anthraquinone; Bn: benzyl; DCC: dicyclohexylcarbodiimide; DHQ: dihydroquininyl; DMAP: 4-dimethylaminopyridine; PHAL: phthalazine; PYR: pyrimidine.

Graphical Abstract

A Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation of the commercially available building block 1 affords the common chiral intermediate 2 for the synthesis of the fluorinated monosaccharides 35 (Bn=benzyl).

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