D. Magaud et al., Differential reactivity of alpha- and beta-anomers of glycosyl accepters in glycosylations. A remote consequence of the endo-anomeric effect?, ORG LETT, 2(15), 2000, pp. 2275-2277
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When phenyl tri-O benzyl-1-thio-beta-D-galactopyranosid acid esters were co
upled with a 1/1 mixture of alpha and beta 2,3 di-O-protected D-galactopyra
nosiduronic acid esters, the beta-anomer proved to be more reactive, Data f
rom theoretical calculations suggested that the enhanced reactivity of this
anomer compared with the a one would be due to a stronger hydrogen bond of
the C-4 OH with the ring oxygen.