Oligosaccharide Analogues of Polysaccharides. Part 7. Synthesis of a monosaccharide-derived monomer for amylose and cyclodextrin analogues

The synthesis of monomers of type C (Scheme 1) is described. In a first approach, chloro-acetyl-addition to the dioxolane 2 (Scheme 2), followed by treatment of the resulting chlorides 3 (α-D /β-D 1:3) with excess AgOTf and Bu₃SnC?CSiMe₃ gave the axial C-alkynyl-glycoside 4 (31%) and the C-arylglycoside 5 (29%). The structure of the dialkyne 6 , obtained by deacetylation of 4 , was established by X-ray analysis. The yield of the C-alkynyl-glycoside was slightly improved by protecting the C(4)-ethynyl group as the triethysilyl derivative, but not by substituting the benzyl by allyl or 2,6-difluorobenzyl groups. Silylation of the diol 1 with (chloro)diethyl[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]silane ( 19 ) resulted in 90% of the monosilyl ether 20 . HO? C(3) of 20 should favor coordination of a Lewis acid to O? C(6), and intramolecular, inverting acetal opening should lead to the product of axial alkynylation. Indeed, treatment of 20 with in situ generated BuAlCl₂, followed by treatment of the crude product with 0.1M HCl in MeOH, gave the dialkynylated triol 22 in yields of 85 to 90%. Under similar conditions, the disilyl ether 21 reacted more slowly to 22 (75%). The slower reaction correlates with the assumed intramolecular interaction of the precoordinated Lewis acid with O? C(6) in 20 .