A Convenient Synthesis of a Cardiac Sugar: "D-Digitalose"
Articles > Article · 2012
Authors: Gökhan KÖK, Azize Yeşim SALMAN
JOURNAL OF CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2012, vol 31, pp 1-9
DOI: 10.1080/07328303.2011.624285
Summary
D-Digitalose (6-deoxy-3-O-methyl-D-galactose), a biologically important sugar that is found in some cardiac glycosides, was synthesized from D-galactose via 3-O-methyl-1,2,5-O-orthodichloroacetyl-alpha-D-galactofuranose.