Won Walter S, Knapp Spencer
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey.
J Sulphur Chem. 2013;34(1-2):33-37. doi: 10.1080/17415993.2012.706814. Epub 2012 Aug 10.
A short synthetic route to β,d-arabinofuranosyl 1-C-sulfonic acid (), a possible biomimetic for the arabinofuranosyl anomeric phosphate, is described. The furanosyl 1--sulfonate was prepared by buffered DMDO oxidation of an -acetyl-1-thio-β-arabinofuranose derivative. Deprotection under mild conditions allowed isolation of the free sulfonic acid without desulfonylation.