Dr. Groves et M. Vonitzstein, SYNTHESIS OF C-4-DISUBSTITUTED ANALOGS OF N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (23), 1996, pp. 2817-2821
The synthesis of some novel C-4-disubstituted analogues of N-acetylneu
raminic acid has been achieved by nucleophilic opening of the epoxide
ring in the acetyl-4,4'-anhydroneuraminic acid derivatives 6 and 7. Th
is has provided the azide 8, the methyl ether 9, the nitrile 10 and th
e chloride 11 of the 8,9-isopropylidenated beta-methyl ketoside of met
hyl N-acetylneuraminate in moderate to good yields.