A. Soriente et al., ENZYMATIC REGIOSELECTIVE AND DIASTEREOSELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS OF PERACETYLATED GLYCEROL-BETA-GLUCOSIDES AND ERYTHRITOL-BETA-GLUCOSIDES, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(20), 1995, pp. 2321-2324
Diastereomeric O-beta-glucosides at the primary carbons of glycerol an
d erythritol have been subjected as their peracetates to enzymatic hyd
rolysis by PFL. Only acetyl groups of the aglycones are hydrolyzed, th
e diastereoselectivity being very high on the erythritol derivatives a
nd fair on the glycerol derivatives. The chemical synthesis of 3R)-1-(
O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-butane-2,3,4-triol heptaacetate is also repor
ted.