Introduction of a New Class of Ligands for the Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis

Protected thiosugars were prepared as ligands for the metal-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis. The protecting groups in these ligands were varied to test a proposed new concept for the metal-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis. This new concept centres on the use of a stair-like ligand with a large substituent on one side and a small substitutent on the other rather than the commonly employed ligands which have C₂ symmetry (see Fig.3). In such a ligand, both substituents should have a major influence on the coordination of a prochiral substrate. To test this proposal, 3-thio-α-D -glucofuranose derivatives with the following substituents were synthesized: 1,2-O-isopropylidene-5,6-O-methylidene (see 24 ), 1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene (see 2 ), 5,6-O-cyclohexylidene-1,2-O-isopropylidene (see 23 ), 1,2-O-cyclohexylidene-5,6-O-isopropylidene (see 14 ), 1,2:5,6-di-O-cyclohexylidene (see 13 ), 5,6-O-(adamantan-2-ylidene)-1,2-O-isopropylidene (see 21 ), and 1,2:5,6-di-O-(adamantan-2-ylidene) (see 25 , Table 2). As a representative of the allofuranoses, 1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-3-thio-α-D -allofuranose ( 6 ) was chosen. The following derivatives of 1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D -xylofuranose were also synthesized: 1,2-O-isopropylidene-5-deoxy-3-thio-α-D -xylofuranose ( 29 ), 1,2-O-isopropylidene-3-thio-α-D -xylofuranose ( 28 ) and 5-O-[(tert-butyl)-diphenylsilyl]-1,2-O-isopropylidene-3-thio-α-D -xylofuranose ( 15 , see Table 2). The proposed concept was tested using the copper-catalyzed 1,4-addition of BuMgCl to cyclohex-2-en-1-one. The enantioselectivity was very dependent on the ligand used and was up to 58%.     

Synthesis of 1,2-Diphenylpyrazolidin-4-ol and its Derivatives

Summary. A synthesis of 1,2-diphenylpyrazolidin-4-ol via direct heterocyclization of 1,2-diphenylhydrazine with 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane, its O-epoxypropyl-, O-ethyl-, and O-benzylderivatives are described. Novel hydrazone derivatives with pyrazolidine units were also synthesized. The compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods as well as elemental analyses.     

Synthesis of Highly Fluorinated Di-O-alk(en)yl-glycerophospholipids and Evaluation of Their Biological Tolerance

The syntheses of various fluorocarbon/fluorocarbon and fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon rac-1,2- and 1,3-di-O-alk(en)ylglycerophosphocholines and rac-1,2-di-O-alkylglycerophosphoethanolamines (see Fig.2), which may be used as components for drug-carrier and delivery systems, are described together with some results concerning their biological tolerance. They were obtained by phosphorylation of perfluoroalkylated rac-di-O-alk(en)ylgly-cerols using POCl₃, then condensation with choline tosylate or N-Boc-ethanolamine (2-[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl-amino]ethanol) followed by Boc-deportection (Schemes 6–8). The fluorcarbon/fluorocarbon 1,2-di-O-alkylgly-cerols were prepared by O-alkylation of rac-1-O-benzylglycerol using perfluoroalkylated mesylates, then hydrogenolysis for benzyl deprotection (Scheme 1). The two different hydrophobic chains in the mixed fluorocarbon/fluorocarbon and fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon 1,2-di-O-alk(en)ylglycerols were introduced starting from 1,2-O-iso-propylidene- then O-trityl-protected glycerols or from 1,3-O-benzylidene-glycerol (Schemes 3 and 4). The perfluoroalkylated O-alkenylglycerols were obtained by O-alkylation of a glycerol derivative using an ω-unsaturated alkenyl reagent, the perfluoroalkyl segment being connected onto the double bond in a subsequent step (Schemes 1) and 3. The perfluoroalkylated symmetrical and mixed 1,3-di-O-alkylglycerols were synthesized by displacement of the Cl-atom in epichlorohydrin by perfluoroalkylated alcohols, then catalytic (SnCl₄) opening of the oxirane ring of the resulting alkyl glycidyl ethers in neat alcohols (Scheme 5). When injected intravenously into mice, acute maximum tolerated doses higher than 1500 and 2000 mg/kg body weight were observed for the fluorinated glycerophosphocholines, indicating a very promising in vivo tolerance.     

Stereoselective Glycosidic Coupling Reactions of Fully Benzylated 1,2-Anhydro Sugars with N-Tosyl- or N-Benzyloxycarbonyl-l-serine Methyl Ester

Abstract

The glycosidic coupling reaction of 1,2-anhydro-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-β-d-mannopyranose (7), 1,2-anhydro-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-α-d-galactopyranose (21), and 1,2-anhydro-3,4-di-O-benzyl-α-d-xylopyranose (18) with N-tosyl- (10) or N-benzyloxycarbonyl- (11) L-serine methyl ester provides a new stereocontrolled synthesis of 1,2-trans linked glycopeptides. The 1,2-anhydro sugars are shown to react smoothyl with 10 or 11 in the presence of Lewis acid (ZnCl₂ or AgOTf) as well as powdered 4A molecular sieves in CH₂Cl₂ at room temperature to afford glycosyl serine derivatives with high stereoselectivity and high yield in less than 30 min. An improved method using 2-O-acetyl-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-α-d-mannopyranosyl chloride (6) as the key intermediate for ring closure was applied for the synthesis of 1,2-anhydro-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-β-d-mannopyranose.     

Reductive Ring‐Opening Reaction of 1,2‐O‐Benzylidene and 1,2‐O‐p‐Methoxybenzylidene‐α‐D‐glucopyranose Using Diisobutyl Aluminum Hydride

Abstract

Regioselectivity in the reductive ring‐opening reaction of 3,4,6‐tri‐O‐benzyl‐1,2‐O‐benzylidene and 3,4,6‐tri‐O‐benzyl‐1,2‐O‐p‐methoxybenzylidene‐α‐D‐glucopyranose using diisobutyl aluminum hydride (DIBAH) was examined. The ratio of the 1‐O‐ and 2‐O‐p‐methoxybenzyl ethers, which were generated from endo‐type 1,2‐O‐p‐methoxybenzylidene, was variable by the change of solvent.     

NMR and X-Ray Diffraction Study of Some Inositol Derivatives 1

Abstract

We have determined the preferred conformers in solution by a detailed NMR analysis using COSY and HETCOR experiments of three inositol isomers: myo (1), scyllo (2) and epi (3) plus sixteen derivatives of myo-inositol: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexa-O-acetyl-myo-inositol (4), 1,2,-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol (5), 1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol (6), 3,4,5,6-tetra-O-acetyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol (7), 3,4,5,6-tetra-O-acetyl-myo-inositol (8), 1,2-O-isopropylidene-3,6-di-O-tosyl-myo-inositol (9), 1,2-O-isopropylidene-3,4,6-tri-O-tosyl-myo-inositol (10), 1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-3-O-tosyl-myo-inositol (11), 3,6-di-O-benzyl, 1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol (12), 3,6-di-O-benzyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol (13), 3,6-di-O-benzyl-myo-inositol (14), 1,2-O-cyclohexylidene-myo-inositol (15), 1,2:4,5-di-O-cyclohexylidene-myo-inositol (16), 1,2:5,6-di-O-cyclohexylidene-myo-inositol (17), 1,3,5-O-(orthoformate)-myo-inositol (18) and 2-benzyl-1,3,5-O-(orthoformate)-myo-inositol (19). The X-ray diffraction structure of compounds 2, 6-8, 18 and 19 are reported.

     

Synthesis of Some New 6,7-Unsaturated Octuronates From 5-O-tert-Butyldimethylsilyl-1,2-O-Isopropylidene-α-D-gluco-and β-L-ido-Hexodialdose and their Transformation into Octoses and Octitols via Osmylation

Abstract

Carbon chain extensions of 5-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-gluco-and β-L-ido-hexodialdose with ethoxycarbonylmethylenetriphenylphosphorane or triethyl phosphonoacetate gave the corresponding α,β-unsaturated octuronic esters, the (E)/(Z)-ratios of which strongly depending on the reagent used as well as the starting material. After conventional reduction of the ester moieties the corresponding O-acetyl protected allylic alcohols were subjected to osmylation leading to the respective 1,2-O-isopropylidene protected octoses, which were subsequently converted to some previously unreported octitols. Unambiguous structure proofs, demonstrating the validity of Kishi's empirical rule for the stereochemical outcome of the osmylation reactions reported, were obtained from the NMR spectroscopic features of these products as well as regiospecific chemical degradations to corresponding known heptitols.     

Vollständige13C-NMR-Zuordnung von gluco- und idokonfigurierten 1,2-O-Alkyliden-furanurono-6,3-lactonen durch 2D-1H-13C-korrelierte NMR-Spektroskopie

1,2-O-Isopropylidene- and 1,2-O-benzylidene--D-glucofuranurono-6,3-lactones and the readily accessible 1,2-O-isopropylidene- and 1,2-O-benzylidene--L-idofuranurono-6,3-lactones were investigated by NMR spectroscopy. By means of a 2D-¹H-¹³C-correlated NMR experiment all resonances of the sugar carbons could be unambiguously assigned.

     

Conformational Analysis of 1,2‐Di‐O‐Octanoyl‐Ethylene‐Glycerol During Aggregation

Conformational analysis of 1,2‐di‐O‐octanoyl‐ethylene‐glycerol during aggregation by 600 MHz ¹H NMR is described. In monomeric states, 1,2‐di‐O‐octanoyl‐ethylene‐glycerol exists in 75% anti‐conformer and 25% gauche‐conformer. The first critical micelle concentration of 1,2‐di‐O‐octanoyl‐ethylene‐glycerol is calculated to be 4.5 mM. In micellar states, 1,2‐di‐O‐octanoyl‐ethylene‐glycerol exists in 25% anti‐conformer and 75%) gauche‐conformer. When the concentration is greater than 10 mM, 1,2‐di‐O‐octanoyl‐ethylene‐glycerol probably aggregates to become the larger micelle, micelle II. In the second micellar state, 1,2‐di‐O‐octanoylethylene‐glycerol only exists in gauche‐conformer.     

Preparation of Primary and Secondary Azidosugars from Diols using the Dioxaphosphorane Methodology

ABSTRACT

Treatment of methyl 2,3-di-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (1), methyl 2,3-di-O-acetyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (4), 3-O-benzyl-1,2-O-(1-methylethylidene)-α-D-glucofuranose (6), 3-O-acetyl-1,2-O-(1-methylethylidene)-α-D-glucofuranose (9), 1,2-O-(1-methylethylidene)-α-D-xylofuranose (11) and methyl 2,3-di-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranoside (15) with diisopropylazodicarboxylate-triphenylphosphine in tetrahydrofuran led to the corresponding dioxaphosphoranes, which were opened by trimethylsilyl azide affording the silylated primary azidodeoxysugars. When the same reaction was performed on methyl 2,3-di-O-benzyl-α-D-galactopyranoside (20), an inversion of the regioselectivity of the dioxaphosphorane opening was observed, leading mainly to the 4-azido-4-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranoside derivative 27.     

Iodoacetoxylation Reaction: A Convenient Route to α-Glycosides in the 2-Iodo and 2-Deoxy Series

Abstract

Iodoacetoxylation of 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-arabino-hex-1-enitol (tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal) (1) and 3,4-di-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,6-dideoxy-L-arabino-hex-1-enitol (di-O-acetyl-L-rhamnal) (3) gave the α-1,2-trans-1-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-iodo adducts with high stereoselectivities and good yields, in accordance with the results reported on 3,6-di-O-acetyl-4-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)-1,5-an-hydro-2-deoxy-D-arabino-hex-1-enitol (hexa-O-acetyl lactal) (2). The α-1,2-trans adducts were reacted with an excess of alcohol in the presence of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethane-sulfonate affording the corresponding α-1,2-trans-2-deoxy-2-iodo-glycopyranosides in good yields. The octyl 2-deoxy-2-iodo-α-D-glycosides 10 and 11 prepared in two steps from the glycals 1 and 2 were deiodinated and deacetylated, giving 28 and 29, and the physicochemical-properties (cmc) of 29 are reported.     

Dendritic Iron(II) Porphyrins as Models for Hemoglobin and Myoglobin: Specific Stabilization of O2 Complexes in Dendrimers with H‐Bond‐Donor Centers

Two types of dendritically functionalized iron(II) porphyrins were prepared (Scheme) and investigated in the presence of 1,2‐dimethylimidazole (1,2‐DiMeIm) as the axial ligand as model systems for T(tense)‐state hemoglobin (Hb) and myoglobin (Mb). Equilibrium O₂‐ and CO‐binding studies were performed in toluene and aqueous phosphate buffer (pH 7). UV/VIS Titrations (Fig. 4) revealed that the two dendritic receptors 1 ⋅ Fe ^II ‐1,2‐DiMeIm and 2 ⋅ Fe ^II ‐1,2‐DiMeIm (Fig. 2) with secondary amide moieties in the dendritic branching undergo reversible complexation (Fig. 5) with O₂ and CO in dry toluene. Whereas the CO affinity is similar to that measured for the natural receptors, the O₂ affinity is greatly enhanced and exceeds that of T‐state Hb by a factor of ca. 1500 (Table). The oxygenated complexes possess half‐lives of several h (Fig. 6). This remarkable stability originates from both dendritic encapsulation of the iron(II) porphyrin and formation of a H‐bond between bound O₂ and a dendritic amide NH moiety (Fig. 11). Whereas reversible CO binding was also observed in aqueous solution (Fig. 10), the oxygenated iron(II) complexes are destabilized by the presence of H₂O with respect to oxidative decay (Fig. 9), possibly as a result of the weakening of the O₂⋅⋅⋅H−N H‐bond by the competitive solvent. The comparison between the two dendrimers with amide branchings and ester derivative 3 ⋅ Fe ^II ‐1,2‐DiMeIm (Fig. 2), which lacks H‐bond donor centers in the periphery of the porphyrin, further supports the role of H‐bonding in stabilizing the O₂ complex against irreversible oxidation. All three derivatives bind CO reversibly and with similar affinity (Fig. 8) in dry toluene, but the oxygenated complex of 3 ⋅ Fe ^II ‐1,2‐DiMeIm undergoes much more rapid oxidative decomposition (Fig. 7).     

SYNTHESIS OF BRANCHED-CHAIN HEXULOSE DERIVATIVES AS MODEL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF TALAROMYCINS

The synthesis of 3,5-dideoxy-1,2-O-isopropylidene-5-C-hydroxymethyl-β-D-erythro- (1) and α-L-threo-hexulopyranose (2) from 3-deoxy-1,2-O-isopropylidene-β-D-erythro-hexulopyranose (5) from D-fructose is described, as well as their respective transformation into 3,5-dideoxy-1,2-O-isopropylidene-5-C-hydroxymethyl-β-D-threo-(3) and -α-L-erythro-hexulopyranose (4) by inversion of configuration at C-4.     

Kinetics of the reaction of O3 with selected benzenediols

The kinetics of the reaction of O₃ with the aromatic vicinal diols 1,2‐benzenediol, 3‐methyl‐1,2‐benzenediol, and 4‐methyl‐1,2‐benzenediol have been investigated using a relative rate technique. The rate coefficients were determined in a 1080‐L smog chamber at 298 K and 1 atm total pressure of synthetic air using propene and 1,3‐butadiene as reference compounds. The following O₃ reaction rate coefficients (in units of cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1) have been obtained: k(1,2‐benzenediol) = (9.60 ± 1.12) × 10^?18, k(3‐methyl‐1,2‐benzenediol) = (2.81 ± 0.23) × 10^?17, k(4‐methyl‐1,2‐benzenediol) = (2.63 ± 0.34) × 10^?17. Absolute measurements of the O₃ rate coefficient have also been carried out by measuring the decay of the dihydroxy compound in an excess of O₃. The results from these experiments are in good agreement with the relative determinations. Atmospheric implications are discussed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 35: 223–230, 2003     

Lanthanum Trifluoromethane-sulfonate‐Catalyzed Facile Synthesis of Per‐O‐acetylated Sugars and Their One‐Pot Conversion to S‐Aryl and O‐Alkyl/Aryl Glycosides†

Lanthanum trifluoromethanesulfonate‐catalyzed solvent‐free per‐O‐acetylation with stoichiometric acetic anhydride proceeds in high yield (95%–99%) to afford exclusively pyranose products as anomeric mixtures. Subsequent anomeric substitution employing borontrifluoride etherate and thiols or alcohols furnished the corresponding 1,2‐trans‐linked thioglycosides and O‐glycosides, respectively, in good to excellent overall yield (75%–85%). Alternatively, reaction of free sugars in neat alcohol employing the same catalyst at elevated temperature gives the corresponding 1,2‐cis‐linked O‐glycosides (along with 1,2‐trans‐linked glycosides as minor product) in good yield (73%–80%). Anomeric mixtures of compounds thus produced were characterized as their per‐O‐acetylated derivatives.      

Stereochemie der Enzymatischen Hydrolyse von Saccharose und Raffinose Durch Invertase

Abstract

Reaction of 2-O-unprotected 1-O-silyl-protected D-glucose and D-galactose derivatives 5a-d with benzyl bromide in the presence of sodium hydride as the base afforded 1-O-benzyl 2-O-silyl derivatives 6aα/β - 6dα/β. Thus, prior to anomeric O-benzylation, trans-1,2-silyl group migration takes place. Ensuing removal of the 2-O-silyl group furnishes 2-O-unprotected compounds 8aα/β - 8dα/β, which are useful building blocks. More prone to 1-O-silyl group migration is mannose as shown for derivatives of 4,6-O-benzylidene-D-mannose 9. Cis-1,2- and cis-2,3-silyl group migrations affording compounds 15 and 13 were already observed on deacetylation of the thexyldimethylsilyl 2,3-di-O-acetyl derivative 12β under Zemplén conditions.     

Esters phosphoriques cycliques ou non cycliques de quelques O-isopropylidène-1,2-α-D-pentofurannoses. Communication préliminaire

Cyclic and acyclic phosphate esters of some 1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D -pentofuranoses When treated with monophenyl phosphorodichloridate, 1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D -xylofuranose gave the two possible, isolable isomers of the corresponding 3,5-cylic phenylphosphate. Upon phosphorylation of the same sugar derivative using bis (2,2,2-trichloroethyl) phosphorochloridate only one isomer was formed. The same situation obtained when preparing 1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D -ribofuranose-3,5-cyclic phenylphosphate. The synthesis of a new kind of sugar phosphate with a branched-chain unsaturated sugar moiety namely the trans-3-deoxy-3-C-cyanomethylene-1,2-O-isopropylidene-D -erytho-pentofuranose 5-bis(2,2,2-trichloroethyl) phosphate is also described.     

“Reduced” Coumarin Dyes with an O‐Phosphorylated 2,2‐Dimethyl‐4‐(hydroxymethyl)‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroquinoline Fragment: Synthesis,Spectra, and STED Microscopy

Large Stokes‐shift coumarin dyes with an O‐phosphorylated 4‐(hydroxymethyl)‐2,2‐dimethyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroquinoline fragment emitting in the blue, green, and red regions of the visible spectrum were synthesized. For this purpose, N‐substituted and O‐protected 1,2‐dihydro‐7‐hydroxy‐2,2,4‐trimethylquinoline was oxidized with SeO₂ to the corresponding α,β‐unsaturated aldehyde and then reduced with NaBH₄ in a “one‐pot” fashion to yield N‐substituted and 7‐O‐protected 4‐(hydroxymethyl)‐7‐hydroxy‐2,2‐dimethyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroquinoline as a common precursor to all the coumarin dyes reported here. The photophysical properties of the new dyes (“reduced coumarins”) and 1,2‐dihydroquinoline analogues (formal precursors) with a trisubstituted C=C bond were compared. The “reduced coumarins” were found to be more photoresistant and brighter than their 1,2‐dihydroquinoline counterparts. Free carboxylate analogues, as well as their antibody conjugates (obtained from N‐hydroxysuccinimidyl esters) were also prepared. All studied conjugates with secondary antibodies afforded high specificity and were suitable for fluorescence microscopy. The red‐emitting coumarin dye bearing a betaine fragment at the C‐3‐position showed excellent performance in stimulation emission depletion (STED) microscopy.     

The Tmsotf-Promoted “One Pot” β-Glycosidations of Peracetylated Chitobiose

Abstract

β-Glycosidations of peracetylated chitobiose with such alcohols as methyl, allyl, benzyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl alcohol and 1,2:3,4-O-diisopropylidene-1-O-α-D-galactoside were carried out in good yields by employing TMSOTf as a promoter. The reaction proceeded through the oxazoline intermidiate.     

Chemical studies of carbohydrates. Part I. Conversion of derivatives of glucose and allose into pyrazoles and pyridazines

On reaction of 1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidenc-3-O-(p-tolylsulfonyl)-α-D-glueofuranose ( 1 ) with hydrazine hydrate at 140° besides formation of 3-deoxy-3-hydrazino-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-α-D-allofuranose ( 2 ) and 3-dcoxy-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-α-D-erythro-hex-3-enofuranose ( 3 ), ring transformation into 3-[4′-(2′,2′-dimethyl-1′,3′-dioxolanyl)]pyridazine ( 4 ) takes place. At 170°, however, only 2 and 4 are formed, indicating that 3 is the precursor of 4. Treatment of 3 with hydrazine hydrate at 170° indeed gives a nearly quantitative ring expansion into 4. Treatment of 3-dcoxy-3-hydrazino-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidenc-α-D-glucofuranose ( 8 ) as well as the stereoisomeric allofuranose 2 with concentrated hydrochloric acid gives a nearly quantitative ring interconversion into 3-(D-erythro-trihydroxypropyl)pyrazole ( 9 ).