Starting from tetra-O-benzyl-D-glucose (2), the first synthesis of a C-anal
ogue 7 of glucotropaeolin, the major glucosinolate of the genus Nasturtium
was performed. Compound 7 constitutes a potential non-hydrolyzable inhibito
r of the enzyme myrosinase. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All
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