Mastihubová Mária, Mastihuba Vladimír, Biely Peter
Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 38, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Carbohydr Res. 2004 Jan 22;339(2):425-8. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2003.10.005.
Methyl 4-O-benzyl-2,3-anhydro-beta-D-lyxopyranoside, an intermediate for the preparation of methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside derivatives modified at C-2, was obtained in five steps in 58% yield. The synthetic sequence starts from methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside through two main steps involving regioselective enzymatic acetylation and deacetylation catalyzed by lipase PS.