E. Kaji et Y. Hosokawa, Expedient stereospecific synthesis of beta-mannosides from a glucose-derived 1,2-orthoester, HETEROCYCLE, 52(2), 2000, pp. 579-582
A new, stereospecific synthesis of beta-mannosides from glucose-derived 1,2
-orthoester has been developed using a simple four-step procedure. For the
synthesis of beta-D-Man-(1-->6)-D-Gal, a 6-OH free galactose derivative was
glycosylated with the orthoester to yield beta-D-Glc-(1-->6)-D-Gal; the Gl
c unit of which was epimerized into the beta-mannoside in good yield.