TY - JOUR AU - Baryal, Kedar N.; Zhu, Jianglong TI - Stereoselective Synthesis of S-Linked 2-Deoxy Sugars SN - 0936-5214 SN - 1437-2096 PY - 2014 JO - Synlett JF - Synlett LA - EN VL - 25 IS - 03 SP - 308 EP - 312 ET - 2013/12/06 DA - 2014/02/03 KW - 2-deoxy sugars KW - glycosyl lithium KW - glycosylation KW - thioglycosides KW - umpolung AB - Stereoselective synthesis of S-linked 2-deoxysugars, potentially nonhydrolyzable mimics of naturally occurring O-linked 2-deoxy sugars, remains a challenge due to the absence of a directing group at C2. This article describes recent efforts in the stereo­selective synthesis of S-linked 2-deoxy sugars, including our approach which involves sulfenylation of stereochemically defined 2-deoxyglycosyl lithiums with asymmetric sugar-derived disulfides. PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag DO - 10.1055/s-0033-1340309 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0033-1340309 ER -