Banwell MG, Hungerford NL, Jolliffe KA. Synthesis of the Sialic Acid (−)-KDN and Certain Epimers from (−)-3-Dehydroshikimic Acid or (−)-Quinic Acid.
Org Lett 2004;
6:2737-40. [PMID:
15281757 DOI:
10.1021/ol049048y]
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Abstract
(-)-3-Dehydroshikimic acid (3-DHS, 4), a C(7)-building block now available in large quantity from corn syrup, has been converted into the sialic acid (-)-KDN (3) as well as its C-7- and C-8-epimers. (-)-Quinic acid can be used for the same purpose. [structure: see text]
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