Branching out at C-2 of septanosides. Synthesis of 2-deoxy-2-C-alkyl/aryl septanosides from a bromo-oxepine

• Supriya Dey and
• Narayanaswamy Jayaraman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 522–527, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.59

• bond formation with alkyl and aryl substituents. Keywords: C–C bond formations; 2-deoxy sugars; organometallic reactions; septanosides; unsaturated sugars; Introduction Septanoses and septanosides are unnatural, seven-membered cyclic sugars [1]. Methods of preparation and the exploration of the