Synthesis of methyl 2,6- and 3,6-dideoxy-α-L-arabino-hexopyranosides and methyl 4,6-dideoxy-α-L-lyxo-hexopyranoside

A convenient method of synthesizing methyl 2,6- and 3,6-dideoxy-α-L-arabinohexopyranosides and of methyl 4,6-dideoxy-α-L-lyxo-hexopyranoside is proposed. Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 320–322, May–June, 1990.