The synthesis of deoxythioformamido and deoxythioacetamido derivatives
of 2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-galactopyranose, 1,2:3,5-di-O-is
opropylidene-alpha-D-glucofuranose and 2,3:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-bet
a-D-fructopyranose at the primary carbon atom has been effected by thi
onation of the corresponding sugar amides. Formamides and thioformamid
es existed as a mixture of the Z (major) and E (minor) stereomers arou
nd the N-C(=X) bond in CDCl3 solutions, while the Z rotamer was the so
le one detected in the cases of acetamides and thioacetamides.