Dimethyltin Dichloride Catalyzed Regioselective Alkylation of cis-1,2-Diols at Room Temperature.

Here, we have developed a mild and general method for the regioselective installation of benzyl, allyl, para-methoxybenzyl and naphthyl groups on cis-1,2-diols. The optimized method operates at room temperature using dimethyltin dichloride as catalyst and silver oxide as an additive. The present method works well with both sugars (such as mono- and disaccharides) and nonsugars (such as inositols, propan-1,2-diol, 1,2-cycloalkanediols and anhydroerythritol) and also provides comparatively better functional group compatibility.

Metal-Free Approach for the Synthesis of N-Aryl Sulfoximines via Aryne Intermediate.

A metal-free and operationally simple N-arylation of NH-sulfoximines with aryne precursors is reported. Transition metal-free reaction conditions and shorter reaction times are the highlights of the present method. The mild optimized condition was also found to be suitable with enantiopure substrates.

HClO4-silica-catalysed regioselective opening of benzylidene acetals and its application towards regioselective HO-4 glycosylation of benzylidene acetals in one-pot.

Here we report a high-yielding method for the regioselective reductive ring opening of 4,6-O-benzylidene acetals of hexapyranosides using inexpensive and robust HClO4-SiO2 as the acidic catalyst and triethylsilane as the hydride donor. Under the optimized condition, gluco- and mannopyranosides give the respective 6-O-benzyl derivative in good to excellent yields while the corresponding galactopyranoside gives the corresponding 6-O-benzyl derivative in lower yield. As the optimized condition involves acidic catalyst, we also successfully developed further application of the present method for the tandem regioselective opening and glycosylation in one-pot.

Synthesis of non-hydrolysable mimics of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors.

Synthesis of first generation non-hydrolysable C-phosphonate GPI analogs, viz., 6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-d-glucopyranosyl)-d-myo-inositol-1-O-(sn-3,4-bis(palmitoyloxy)butyl-1-phosphonate) and 6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-d-glucopyranosyl)-d-myo-inositol-1-O-(sn-2,3-bis(palmitoyloxy)propyl-1-phosphonate) 23b, is reported. The target compounds were synthesized by the coupling of α-pseudodisaccharide 21 with phosphonic acids 18a and 18b respectively in quantitative yield followed by de-protection. These synthetic C-phosphonate GPI-probes were resistant to phosphatidylinositol specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) and also showed moderate inhibition of the enzyme activity.