Synlett 2007(6): 0905-0908  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973884
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Access to Homoglyconojirimycins via Ring Isomerisation of Penta­hydroxylated Azepanes

Tao Liua,b, Yongmin Zhanga,b, Yves Blériot*a
a Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Chimie, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire (FR 2769), UMR 8642, CNRS-ENS-UPMC Paris 6, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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b ZJU-ENS Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Received 12 January 2007
Publication Date:
26 March 2007 (online)

Abstract

N-Benzyl pentahydroxyazepanes undergo ring isomerization during mesylation of the hydroxyl group β to the nitrogen via a neighboring nitrogen participation involving a transient aziridinium species which is trapped by chlorine. The resulting chloro­methyl tetrahydroxypiperidines have been converted into the corresponding homoglyconojirimycins.

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