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SUBMITTER: Ko J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3548972 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ko Jaeyoung J Molinski Tadeusz F TF
The Journal of organic chemistry 20121227 2
A five-step transformation of D-glucosamine, commencing with indium-mediated Barbier reaction without isolation of intermediates, into (R,R)-2-aminohex-5-ene-1,3-diol in 45-51% is described. The latter is a useful synthon for assembly of L-threo-sphingoid bases: long-chain aminoalkanols and aminoalkanediols with configurations antipodal to that found in mammalian D-erythro-sphingosine but prevalent among invertebrate-derived sphingolipids. The utility of the method is demonstrated by the first t ...[more]