A short route to 2-C-alkyl-2-deoxy-sugars from D-mannose
Abstract
The lithium enolate (2), readily obtained from the D-mannose derivative (1) at low temperature, reacts with electrophilic reagents in a tetrahydrofuran–hexamethylphosphoric triamide mixture, providing a short rout to 2-C-alkyl sugars; the subsequent enolization–alkylation creates a chiral quaternary carbon centre.