Résumé
A multi-gram epoxidation of 3,4,6-tri-
O-benzyl-
d-glucal and
d-galactal with dimethyldioxirane (DMDO) generated in situ from Oxone
®/acetone in a biphasic system (CH
2Cl
2–aqueous NaHCO
3) resulted in the formation of the corresponding 1,2-anhydrosugars in a 99% yield and 100% selectivity. In a similar way, 3,4,6-tri-
O-acetyl-
d-glucal afforded a 7:1 mixture of the corresponding
gluco and
manno derivatives in an 87% overall yield.