Acetyl Chloride–Silver Nitrate–Acetonitrile: A Reagent System for the Synthesis of 2-Nitroglycals and 2-Nitro-1-Acetamido Sugars from Glycals

Abstract

A new reagent system comprising acetyl chloride, silver nitrate, and acetonitrile has been developed for the synthesis of 2-nitroglycals from the corresponding glycals. Under certain conditions, the formation of 2-nitro-1-acetamido sugars has also been observed. In addition, a few other non-carbohydrate-derived olefins also gave the corrresponding conjugated nitroolefins.