- Ferrier rearrangement
The Ferrier rearrangement is an
organic reaction that involves anucleophilic substitution reaction combined with anallylic shift in a 2,3-Unsaturatedglycoside (seeglycal s).In this example of a Ferrier rearrangement tri-O-acetyl-D-
glucal (OAc stands foracetate groups) reacts withmethanol as theaglycon and indium chloride as aLewis acid indichloromethane to a mixture 7:1 of the α (1) and β (2)anomer .Further examples are shown below.
References
* "Unsaturated Carbohydrates. Part21. A Carboxylic Ring Closure of a Hex-5-enopyranoside Derivative", Robert J. Ferrier, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1979, 1455 [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/P1/article.asp?doi=P19790001455]
*"Indium trichloride catalyzed Ferrier rearrangement – facile synthesis of 2,3-unsaturated glycosides" Boga, S. B. and Balasubramanian K. K.Arkivoc (PN-1099A) pp 87-102 2004 [http://www.arkat-usa.org/ark/journal/2004/I08_Narasimhan/1099/1099.asp]open access publication
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