Zhu Xiangming, Jin Ying, Wickham John
Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
J Org Chem. 2007 Mar 30;72(7):2670-3. doi: 10.1021/jo0623843. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
A new approach to the synthesis of methylene exo-glycals is described. Oxidation of glycosylthiolmethyl chloride (GTM-Cl) with mCPBA afforded the corresponding glycosylchloromethyl sulfone in almost quantitative yield, which underwent KOtBu-induced Ramberg-Bäcklund rearrangement to furnish the desired methylene exo-glycal in excellent yield.