I. Izquierdo et al., ACTION OF BASE ON METHYL DEOXY-)2-O-METHANESULFONYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE DERIVATIVES, Journal of carbohydrate chemistry, 17(1), 1998, pp. 61-74
Treatment of methyl 2-O-methanesulfonyl-6-thio-alpha-D-glucopyranoside
(8) and its 6-deoxy analogue (11) with methanolic sodium methoxide, a
fforded methyl 2,3-anhydro-mannopyranoside derivatives as a consequenc
e of an O-3 --> O-4 TBDPS rearrangement. When the protecting group at
C-3 was 2-methoxyethoxy methyl ether only deacylation and methanolysis
of the methanesulfonyl group occurred.