I. Frappa et al., PALLADIUM(0)-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF ACETYLATED UNSATURATED 1,4-DISACCHARIDES, Journal of carbohydrate chemistry, 17(7), 1998, pp. 1117-1130
Alkylation of ethyl butyldiphenylsilyl-4-O-methoxycarbonyl-2,3-dideoxy
alpha-D-erythro-hex-2-enopyranoside (1) with various peracetylated 1-
hydroxy sugars in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium(0) g
ave the corresponding unsaturated 1,4-disaccharides and trisaccharides
. In all cases the reaction is regio- and stereospecific according to
the unsaturated moiety, alkylation occuring only at C-4 of the unsatur
ated carbohydrate, with overall retention of configuration.