Synthesis 2010(19): 3309-3314  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257944
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Synthesis of Enantiopure Fluorinated Ceramides; Analogues of Natural Sphingolipids

Katarzyna Koroniak, Günter Haufe*
Organisch-Chemisches Institut and NRW International Graduate School of Chemistry, Correnstraße 40, 48149 Münster, Germany
Fax: +49(251)8339772; e-Mail: haufe@uni-muenster.de;
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Publication History

Received 26 March 2010
Publication Date:
30 July 2010 (online)

Abstract

The synthesis of a series of different fluorinated analogues of sphinganine and dihydroceramide using Staudinger ligation of diastereomeric 2-azido-4-fluoro-3-hydroxyoctadecanoates and subsequent selective ester reduction as key steps is presented. The formed sphingolipid analogues are interesting for medicinal studies as well as for the investigation of their phase behavior at interfaces.