Novel glycosylidene-spiro-heterocycles from unprecedented solvent incorporation in Koenigs–Knorr-like reactions of C-(1-bromo-1-deoxy-β-D-glycopyranosyl)formamides

Abstract

The title compounds give glycopyranosylidene-spiro-dioxolanes 3 and 4 in acetone and C-(1-methylsulfanylmethoxy-α-D-glycopyranosyl)formamides 5 in DMSO in the presence of Ag₂CO₃ and AgF, respectively.

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