A. Demesmaeker et al., C(5)-EPIMERIZATION IN GLYCOPYRANOSIDES DURING THE CYCLIZATION OF ANOMERIC RADICALS - EASE OF THE INTRAMOLECULAR 1,5-HYDROGEN ATOM-TRANSFER, Synlett, (5), 1994, pp. 330-332
The extent and the regioselectivity of the intramolecular 1,5-hydrogen
atom transfer in glycopyranosidic radicals have been studied by deute
ration experiments with n-Bu3SnD. Exclusive translocation of the prima
ry cyclized radical 4 to the C(5)-center (in 6) has been observed. Con
formational effects are, most probably, governing the ease of the intr
amolecular hydrogen atom transfer.