Synthesis of the Oligosaccharide Moieties of Musettamycin,Marcellomycin and Aclacinomycin A,Antitumor Antibiotics

Abstract

Condensation of benzyl 2,3,6-trideoxy-3-trifluoroacetamido-α-L-lyxo-hexopyranoside (5) with 4-O-acetyl-3-O-benzyl-2,6-dideoxy-α-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl bromide (10) carried out under Koenigs-Knorr conditions gave 12. Total deprotection of 12 and N-dimethylation at C-3 led to 17 while selective removal of the 4-O-acetyl group led to 13, a synthetic intermediate for preparing 24 and 33. Condensation of 13 with di-O-acetyl-L-fucal (18) or 4-O-acetyl-L-amicetal (25) in the presence of N-iodosuccinimide followed by hydrogenolysis of the C-2-I bond gave 20 and 27 respectively. The trisaccharide 24 then was obtained from 20 by the same sequence of reactions used to convert 12 into 17. After deacetylation and oxidation, this set of reactions also transformed 27 into 33.