Regioselective SN2 reactions for rapid syntheses of azido-inositols by one-pot sequence-specific nucleophilysis?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2017-03-10 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01219E

Abstract

Triflates of myo-inositol undergo facile solvolysis in DMSO and DMF yielding SN2 products substituted with O-nucleophiles; DMF showed slower kinetics. Axial O-triflate undergoes faster substitution than equatorial O-triflate. By exploiting this difference in kinetics, solvent-tuning and sequence-controlled nucleophilysis, rapid synthesis of three azido-inositols of myo-configuration from myo-inositol itself has been achieved.

Graphical abstract: Regioselective SN2 reactions for rapid syntheses of azido-inositols by one-pot sequence-specific nucleophilysis
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