V. Wittman et H. Kessler, STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF C-GLYCOSIDES WITH A GLYCOSYL DIANION, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 32(7), 1993, pp. 1091-1093
No elimination of the functional group at position 2 occurs when the d
ilithio compound 1 reacts with a range of electrophiles ''E+'', for ex
ample aldehydes and methyl iodide, to give alpha-C-glucosides 2. Thus
the flexible concept of C-elongation of pyranoses by umpolung at the a
nomeric center may be used for the direct synthesis of the 2-hydroxy c
ompounds.