Stereoselective synthesis of nonsymmetrical difructose dianhydrides from xylylene-tethered D-fructose precursors

Louis, F; Garcia-Moreno, MI; Balbuena, P; Ortiz Mellet, C; Garcia Fernandez, JM

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5410613

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Journal Article

Year

2008

HERO ID 5410613
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Year 2008
Title Stereoselective synthesis of nonsymmetrical difructose dianhydrides from xylylene-tethered D-fructose precursors
Authors Louis, F; Garcia-Moreno, MI; Balbuena, P; Ortiz Mellet, C; Garcia Fernandez, JM
Journal Tetrahedron
Volume 64
Issue 12
Page Numbers 2792-2800
Abstract Nonsymmetrical furanose-pyranose difructose dianhydrides (DFAs), a class of cyclic disaccharides present in foodstuffs, have been prepared in high yield by connecting the reacting monosaccharide moieties through a xylylene bridge prior to triflic acid-promoted bis-spiroketalization. The reaction can then proceed either intra- or intermolecularly, both the regio- and the stereoselectivity being strongly dependent on the spacer length. Noteworthy, the longer m- and p-xylylene positional isomers led to the thermodynamic alpha-D-fructofuranose beta-D-fructopyranose 1,2':2,1'-dyanhydride 1, the major DFA in commercial caramel, in a stereoselective manner. The shorter o-xylylene tether afforded preferentially the elusive contra-thermodynamic beta-D-fructofuranose alpha-D-fructopyranose diastereomer 2, a trace constituent of caramel. The results have been rationalized in terms of stereoelectronic and conformational properties and offer new perspectives for the preparation of pure DFA standards for analytical and nutritional studies. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Doi 10.1016/j.tet.2008.01.054
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Keyword spiroketals; difructose dianhydrides; fructose; prebiotics; xylylene; spiro-sugars