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Palladium (II)-catalyzed stereoselective formation of [alpha]-O-glycosides
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2007) Schuff, Brandon Patrick; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Hien Nguyen
The development of new methods for stereoselective formation of a- or *-Oglycosides has been extensively investigated due to the critical roles carbohydrates play in a variety of biological systems. To date, many efforts have focused on developing new methods and reagents for the generation of isolated glycosyl donors which subsequently undergo glycosidic bond formation with nucleophilic glycosyl acceptors. Despite their potential applications to complex carbohydrate synthesis, each of these methods relies on the nature of the substrates to stereoselectively control the formation of glycosidic bonds. Recently, the use of glycal derivatives as glycosyl donors has been utilized in p- allylpalladium strategies for the stereoselective synthesis of O-glycosides. However, due to the poor reactivity of the glycal donors as well as the alcohol nucleophiles, these groups utilized the more activated pyranone donors. Lee, who recognized the challenge in this approach, utilized Zn(II) ion to activate both the alcohol acceptors for the nucleophilic addition and the glycal donors for the ionization.