La. Baltina et al., STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 2-DEOXY-ALPHA-D-ARABINO-HEXOPYRANOSIDES OF TRITERPENE ALCOHOLS, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(9), 1996, pp. 2222-2228
2-Deoxy-2-iodo-alpha-D-mannopyranosides of triterpene alcohols of the
oleanane series were synthesized in ca. 60% yields by glycosylation wi
th readily accessible D-glucal triacetate in the presence of N-iodosuc
cinimide as the promotor. Their deiodination by catalytic hydrogenatio
n followed by deacetylation yielded 2-deoxy-alpha-D-arabino-hexopyrano
sides of glycyrrhetic acid derivatives and allobetulin.