Pl. Barili et al., PREPARATION OF L-LYXO-HEXOS-5-ULOSE THROUGH C-3 EPIMERIZATION OF BIS-GLYCOPYRANOSIDES OF L-ARABINO-HEXOS-5-ULOSE, Journal of carbohydrate chemistry, 17(8), 1998, pp. 1167-1180
The unreported title compound and its 2,6-di-O-benzyl derivative have
been prepared from methyl beta-D-galactopyranoside through a sequence
involving the bis-glycoside methyl 6-di-O-benzyl-5-C-methoxy-beta-D-ga
lactopyranoside 8, the precursor of L-arabino-hexos-5-ulose, that was
converted to the L-lyxo series by inversion at C-3. The inversion was
achieved in acceptable yields by selective triflation, followed by dis
placement with benzoate, and by an oxidation/reduction sequence. Where
as 2,5-di-O-benzyl-L-lyxo-hexos-5-ulose exists entirely as a mixture o
f the two anomeric 1,4-furanosic forms, the unprotected hexos-5-ulose
involves at equilibrium in CD3CN/D2O at least eight tautomers, one of
which is predominant.