Robust perfluorophenylboronic acid-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis of 2,3-unsaturated O-, C-, N- and S-linked glycosides

• Madhu Babu Tatina,
• Xia Mengxin,
• Rao Peilin and
• Zaher M. A. Judeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1275–1280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.125

• developed for the synthesis of 2,3-unsaturated C-, O-, N- and S-linked glycosides (enosides) using 20 mol % perflurophenylboronic acid catalyst via Ferrier rearrangement. Using this protocol, D-glucals and L-rhamnals reacted with various C-, O-, N- and S-nucleophiles to give a wide range of glycosides in up

• to 98% yields with mainly α-anomeric selectivity. The perflurophenylboronic acid successfully catalyzed a wide range of substrates (both glucals and nucleophiles) under very mild reaction conditions. Keywords: C-; O-; N- and S-linked glycosides; enosides; Ferrier-rearrangement; organocatalyst

• ; pseudo-glycosides; Introduction 2,3-Unsaturated glycosides, also known as pseudo-glycosides or enosides, are an important class of natural products with many biological activities and capacity to serve as substrates for further reactions [1][2][3]. They are involved in biochemical processes such as