SYNTHESIS OF BETA-MANNOPYRANOSIDES FROM ALPHA-EPIMERS BY RADICAL INVERSION - 1,6-HYDROGEN TRANSFER-REACTIONS OF ARYL)DIMETHYLSILYL-ALPHA-METHYL-D-MANNOPYRANOSIDES
N. Yamazaki et al., SYNTHESIS OF BETA-MANNOPYRANOSIDES FROM ALPHA-EPIMERS BY RADICAL INVERSION - 1,6-HYDROGEN TRANSFER-REACTIONS OF ARYL)DIMETHYLSILYL-ALPHA-METHYL-D-MANNOPYRANOSIDES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(36), 1994, pp. 6623-6626
Intramolecular hydrogen transfer reactions of 3-O-acyl-alpha-methyl-D-
mannopyranosides occur in a 1,6-fashion to give inverted beta-mannopyr
anosides. The yields are limited by competing 1,5-hydrogen transfer re
actions that give isomeric alpha-glucopyranosides.