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Synlett 2013; 24(12): 1501-1504
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339197
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Stereoselective Synthesis of Ketoses by Aldol Reaction Using Water-­Compatible Prolinamide Catalysts in Aqueous Media

Daisuke Miura
Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, Meisei University, Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, Japan   Fax: +81(42)5917485   Email: machinam@chem.meisei-u.ac.jp
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Takashi Fujimoto
Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, Meisei University, Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, Japan   Fax: +81(42)5917485   Email: machinam@chem.meisei-u.ac.jp
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Ayumi Tsutsui
Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, Meisei University, Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, Japan   Fax: +81(42)5917485   Email: machinam@chem.meisei-u.ac.jp
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Tomoya Machinami*
Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, Meisei University, Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, Japan   Fax: +81(42)5917485   Email: machinam@chem.meisei-u.ac.jp
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Received: 27 April 2013

Accepted after revision: 21 May 2013

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20 June 2013 (online)

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Abstract

Prolinamido-glycosides, water-compatible organocatalysts, are capable of catalyzing the stereoselective aldol reaction in aqueous media. The aldol reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-one with aldehydo sugars in the isopropylidene form gave ketoses stereoselectively. The stereochemistry of these aldol reactions has been investigated in terms of the influence of conformational effects, and the results demonstrate that the configuration of the catalysts and the conformation of substrates are a determining factor in the stereochemical outcome of the reaction. Each of d-psicose and d-tagatose was selectively obtained from 2,3-O-isopropylidene-d-glyceraldehyde. Likewise, d-glycero-d-glucooctulose, whose structure was established by X-ray crystallography, was obtained from 2,3:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-aldehydo-d-arabinose.

Key words

carbohydrates - aldol reaction - stereoselective synthesis - diastereoselectivity - catalysis
 

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