G. Kovacs et al., LONG-LIVED GLYCOSYL-CHROMIUM(III) COMPLEX INTERMEDIATES IN AQUEOUS-MEDIUM - PREPARATION OF PYRANOID GLYCALS, Tetrahedron letters, 37(8), 1996, pp. 1293-1296
Acetylated glycosyl-chromium(III)L (L=EDTA, NT4 IDA) complex intermedi
ates (1) were detected in aqueous medium, with half-life-times of 30-3
00 minutes. The decay of these intermediates led to glycals (7-9) of h
igh purity in preparatively usable 70-90% yields.