Allyl ethers of trifluoroethanol are transformed to difluorinated
analogues of deoxysugars via concise sequences involving dehydrofluorination/metallation, [3,3]-Claisen
rearrangement, reduction, and RCM, affording cyclohexenediol substrates
for dihydroxylation reactions.
carbasugars - cyclitols - difluorinated - metathesis - dihydroxylation