Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-11-514, Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Abstract:
A practical two-step synthetic process for 1-deoxy sugars has been established. The process consists of the direct introduction of a dimethyldithiocarbamate group into the anomeric center of unprotected sugars and subsequent hydrogenation in the AIBN-H3PO2-NaHCO3 system. No protecting groups are needed to synthesize 1-deoxy monosaccharides and 1-deoxy disaccharides.