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Glycoside Synthesis Using 2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-pivaloyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl Bromide
Kunz, Horst,Harreus, Albrecht
, p. 41 - 48 (2007/10/02)
In the presence of silver salts the glycosylation of benzyl alcohol and of cholesterol is achieved in high yields by use of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-pivaloyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl bromide (2).The formation of orthoesters, which often complicates the Koenigs-Knorr reaction using 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl bromide (5), is largely suppressed using 2.The preferential formation of the glycoside from the intermediate ion A is a result of the steric influence of the tert-butyl substituent which hinders nucleophilic attack at the acyloxonium carbon atom and steers the reaction in the desired direction.