S. Tanaka et al., EPIMERIZATION OF C-1 ALKYNYL GROUP ON PYRANOSE RING THROUGH DICOBALT HEXACARBONYL COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(36), 1993, pp. 5757-5760
Alkynyl group attached on the C-1 position of pyranose ring was epimer
ized through dicobalt hexacarbonyl complex with trifluoromethane sulfo
nic acid. Three steps involving complexation, acidic transformation an
d decomplexation afforded overall epimerization.