Kai Zhao, Gang Zhou, Huifang Nie and Weiping Chen
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 9466-9471
DOI:
10.1039/C6OB01864E,
Communication
In this communication, we describe a three-step synthesis of L-ido-1-deoxynojirimycin derivatives starting from readily available 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-D-glucopyranose via Ir-catalyzed reductive amination in water, “borrowing hydrogen” under neat conditions, and Pd-catalyzed debenzylation.