Partial hydrolysis of the nitrile moiety in acetylated 1-bromo-glycopy
ranosyl cyanides 1 and 9 mediated by TiCl4 gave C-(1-bromo-1-deoxy-gly
copyranosyl)formamides 2 and 10 whose reaction either with AgOCN, AgSC
N or KSCN in nitromethane resulted in the formation of glycopyranosyli
dene-spirohydantoins 3, 11 and 15 and -thiohydantoins 7 and 16. Zemple
n-deacetylation gave the pyranoid epi-hydantocidin analogues 4 and 12,
and thiohydantocidin analogues 8 and 17, respectively. (C) 1997 Elsev
ier Science Ltd.