The synthesis of derivatives of 3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-3-C-methyl-l-xylo-hexopyranose, the novel branched-chain amino sugar of antibiotic A35512B

Pyridinium chlorochromate. An efficient reagent for oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to carbonyl compounds

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Lithium tri-sec-butylborohydride. New reagent for the reduction of cyclic and bicyclic ketones with super stereoselectivity. Remarkably simple and practical procedure for the conversion of ketones to alcohols in exceptionally high stereochemical purity

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Molecular sieve-assisted oxidations: new methods for carbohydrate derivative oxidations

Jean Herscovici, Kostas Antonakis · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1980 · 132 citations

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Isolation and structure of the novel branched-chain amino sugar derived from antibiotic A35512B

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Synthesis of the n-benzoyl derivatives of -,- and - (-vancosamine) isomers of 2,3,6-trideoxy-3--methyl-3-aminohexose from a non-carbohydrate precursor

Giovanni Fronza, Claudio Fuganti, Piero Grasselli et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1981 · 27 citations

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