G. Bellucci et al., DIASTEREOSELECTIVE BROMINATION OF ALLYL GLYCOSIDES USING TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM TRIBROMIDE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(1), 1995, pp. 221-230
Both (R) and (S)-2,3-dibromo-1-propanol with e.e. up to 60% have been
obtained by diastereoselective addition of Bq to allyl glucosides and
galactosides having only one unprotected hydroxyl group at C-2 or Cd u
sing tetrabutylammonium tribromide, followed by hydrolysis. The absolu
te configuration is shown to depend on the position of the free hydrox
yl and on the configuration at the anomeric centre.