Synthesis of Glycoside Derivatives Employing the Ferrier Rearrangement

Abstract

Abstract Various glycals underwent smooth Lewis acid-catalysed allylic rearrangement reactions with O-nucleophiles to yield 2,3-unsaturated glycoside derivatives. In the hexose series predominantly α-D-, and in the pentose series β-D-anomers resulted. Among others Ω-cyano- as well as Ω-benzyloxycarbonylamino functionalised alcohols could be used successfully. With diols the corresponding 1,1′-bridged disaccharides could be obtained.