| Literature DB >> 20622936 |
Giovanni Luchetti1, Kejia Ding, Alexander Kornienko, Marc d'Alarcao.
Abstract
Methods for the enantioselective conversion of D-xylose to differentially protected myo-inositol and L-chiro-inositol have been developed. The key transformation is a highly diastereoselective intramolecular SmI(2)-promoted pinacol coupling. The stereoselectivity was extremely dependent on the conditions, suggesting a change in mechanism. Preliminary mechanistic experiments and possible explanations for this behavior are discussed.Entities:
Year: 2008 PMID: 20622936 PMCID: PMC2900855 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1067259
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Synthesis (Stuttg) ISSN: 0039-7881 Impact factor: 3.157