Synthesis of indazole C-nueleosides and analogues

1-Deoxy-1-diazo-3,6-anhydro-4,5,7-tri-O-benzoyl-D-allo-heptulosc (III) has been prepared from 2,5-anhydro-3,4,6-tri-O-benzoyl-D-allonic acid. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of III to benzyne afforded the indazole C-nucleoside analog V. Cycloaddition of methyl 6-deoxy-6-diazo-2,3-O-isopropylidene-β-D-ribohexofuranosid-5-ulose (IV) to the benzyne generated from 5-methyl-anthranilic acid gave a mixture of the β-isomeric C-glycosylindazoles VI and VII along with traces of the corresponding α-anomers VIa and VIIa. Finally, a multistep transformation of the acyclic carbohydrate moiety of 2,3,4,5-tetra-O-acetyl-1-(indazol-3-yl)-keto-D-ribopentulose (I, R = H, n = 3 , D-ribo) led to the C-nucleoside indazole, 3-(2,3-O-isopropylidene-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-indazol (X), as the major product.