R. Miethchen et al., ORGANOFLUORINE COMPOUNDS AND FLUORINATING AGENTS .15. O-DIFLUOROMETHYLATIONS OF MONOSACCHARIDES BY TRIFLUOROMETHYLZINE BROMIDE, Liebigs Annalen, (9), 1995, pp. 1717-1719
,2:3,4-Di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-galactopyranose (1), methyl 2,2,2-t
richloroethylidene)-alpha-D-altropyranoside (4), methyl ,6-O-benzylide
ne-2-O-tosyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (6), and methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene
-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (8) were O-difluoromethylated with trifluorom
ethylzinc bromide (ZnBrCF3 . 2 CH3CN) in a convenient procedure giving
the difluoromethyl ethers 2,5,7,9, and the bis(difluoromethyl) ether
10 in moderate yields. The ,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-galactop
yranose (2) was deprotected by treatment with aqueous trifluoroacetic
acid forming 6-O-difluoromethyl-D-galactopyranose (3).