BETA-OXY-ALPHA-DIAZO CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS .3. RH-2(ACO)(4) MEDIATED DECOMPOSITION OF BETA-ACETOXY-ALPHA-DIAZO ESTERS - APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL 3-DEOXY-2-KETO ALDONIC ACIDS (KDO AND DAH)
Fj. Lopezherrera et F. Sarabiagarcia, BETA-OXY-ALPHA-DIAZO CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS .3. RH-2(ACO)(4) MEDIATED DECOMPOSITION OF BETA-ACETOXY-ALPHA-DIAZO ESTERS - APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL 3-DEOXY-2-KETO ALDONIC ACIDS (KDO AND DAH), Tetrahedron letters, 35(36), 1994, pp. 6705-6708
beta-Acetoxy-alpha-diazo esters yield alpha-enol acetate esters quanti
tatively by reaction with dirhodium tetraacetate. The reaction was use
d to prepare the major natural compounds 3-Deoxy-D-arabino-2-Heptuloso
nic acid (DAH, 1) and 3-Deoxy-D-manno-2-Octulosonic acid (KDO, 2) by c
onversion of the enol acetate function to the corresponding ketone.