Synthesis, Table of Contents PAPER © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Facile and Efficient Synthesis of ido-Heptulosan via a Strategy Derived from Mo(VI)-Catalysed Reactions Zuzana HricovíniováInstitute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 842 38 Bratislava, SlovakiaFax: +421(7)5941-0222; e-Mail: chemhric@savba.sk; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract A simple and high-yielding method for the preparation of 2,7-anhydro-β-d - ido-heptulopyranose (IDO) is described. It utilises the ability of molybdate ions to create the conditions for the skeletal rearrangement in the molecule of 2-C-branched aldose. This evidence is used in the synthesis of IDO from 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-d-gulofuranose in one step. The title compound is obtained in 95% yield. Key words ido-heptulosan - 2,7-anhydro-β-d - ido-heptulopyranose - 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-gulofuranose - 2-C-(hydroxymethyl)-d -gulose - Mo(VI) catalysis Full Text References References 1 Webber JN. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. 1962, 17: 43 2 Bianchi G. Gamba A. Murelli C. Salamini F. Bartels D. Plant. J. 1991, 1: 355 3 Yokota A. Sakane T. Imai K. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 1993, 75: 417 4 Hricovíniová-Bíliková Z. Hricovíni M. Petruová M. Seranni AS. Petru L. Carbohydr. Res. 1999, 319: 38 5 Hricovíniová-Bíliková Z. Petru L. Carbohydr. Res. 1999, 320: 31 6 Hricovíniová, Z.; Hricovíni, M.; Petru, L.; Monatsh. Chem. in press. 7a Bílik V. Chem. Zvesti. 1972, 26: 183 7b Bílik V. Chem. Zvesti. 1972, 26: 187 7c Bílik V. Chem. Zvesti. 1972, 26: 372 8 Bílik V. Chem. Listy 1983, 77: 496 9 Hayes ML. Pennings NJ. Serianni AS. Barker R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982, 104: 6764 10 Hricovíniová Z. Hricovíni M. Petru L. Chem. Papers 1998, 52: 692 11 Matulová M. Bílik V. Chem. Papers 1990, 44: 97 12 Matulová M. Bílik V. Carbohydr. Res. 1993, 250: 203 13 Sauvage JP. Chapelle S. Verchère JF. Carbohydr. Res. 1992, 237: 23 14 Chapelle S. Verchère JF. Carbohydr. Res. 1995, 277: 39 15 Ramos ML. Caldeira MM. Gil VMS. Carbohydr. Res. 2000, 329: 387 16 Angyal SJ. Le Fur R. Carbohydr. Res. 1984, 126: 15 17 Angyal SJ. Tran TQ. Aust. J. Chem. 1983, 36: 937