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Acetonation of methyl glycosides possessing a cis-diol system in the presence of tin(II) chloride-pyridine complex

R. Toman

Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, CS-842 46 Bratislava

Abstract: A tin(II) chloride-pyridine complex appears to be the catalyst with special steric requirements in condensation of sugars with acetone. From the saccharides studied, only the methyl glycosides having cis-diol groupings were effectively acetonated.

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Chemical Papers 45 (3) 369–372 (1991)