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D-Glycero-D-gulo-heptose reacted with 2,2-dimethoxypropane to give its 2,3:6,7-di-O-isopropylidene derivative. Its base-catalyzed addition to formaldehyde resulted in the formation of 2,3:6,7-di-O-isopropylidene-2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycero-D-gulo-heptofuranose. After acid hydrolysis of this aldolization product, a new branched-chain aldose, 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycero-D-gulo-heptose, was obtained, which was stereospecifically rearranged under the catalytic action of molybdic acid to D-glycero-D-ido-oct-2-ulose.
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Received October 17, 2000. Accepted December 4, 2000
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Hricovíniová, Z., Hricovíni, M. & Petruš, L. Stereospecific Synthesis of D-Glycero-D-ido-oct-2-ulose. Monatshefte fuer Chemie 132, 731–737 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007060170088
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007060170088