P. Dearmas et al., FRAGMENTATION OF CARBOHYDRATE ANOMERIC ALKOXY RADICALS - A NEW GENERAL-SYNTHESIS OF CYCLIC KETOSES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(45), 1993, pp. 7331-7334
Cyclic ketoses can be specifically obtained when C2 hydroxymethylated
carbohydrates undergo a tandem beta-fragmentation-cyclization reaction
promoted by the system iodosylbenzene-iodine, under mild conditions.
Pentuloses and hexuloses in furanose and pyranose form are obtained vi
a 1,5 and 1,6 intramolecular cyclization.