Versatile route to 2,6-dideoxyamino sugars from non-sugar materials: Syntheses of vicenisamine and kedarosamine

Abstract

A new strategy for the synthesis of 2,6-dideoxyamino sugars from non-sugar starting materials has been developed. The key reaction in this strategy is the acid-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization, by which a nitrogen functional group is introduced with simultaneous control of vicinal chiral centers. The synthesis of two kinds of 2,6-dideoxyamino sugars, D-vicenisamine and L-kedarosamine, by this strategy is described.