S. Risse et al., A NEW SYNTHESIS OF METHYL 3-AMINO-3,4-DIDEOXY-BETA-D-XYLO-HEXOPYRANOSIDE, Journal of carbohydrate chemistry, 12(8), 1993, pp. 1105-1115
Benzylidenation of methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, followed by selectiv
e 3-O-tosylation, reductive acetal opening, chlorination, radical deox
ygenation and transesterification, afforded methyl ydro-6-0-benzyl-4-d
eoxy-beta-D-ribo-hexopyranoside hexopyranoside 8. Subsequent epoxide o
pening with NaN3 and catalytic hydrogenation led to the title compound
.