One-step conversion of unprotected sugars to beta-glycosyl azides using 2-chloroimidazolinium salt in aqueous solution

Tomonari Tanaka; Hikaru Nagai; Masato Noguchi; Atsushi Kobayashi; Shin-Ichiro Shoda

doi:10.1039/b905761g

One-step conversion of unprotected sugars to beta-glycosyl azides using 2-chloroimidazolinium salt in aqueous solution

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jun 21:(23):3378-9. doi: 10.1039/b905761g. Epub 2009 May 13.

Authors

Tomonari Tanaka¹, Hikaru Nagai, Masato Noguchi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shin-Ichiro Shoda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan.

PMID: 19503876
DOI: 10.1039/b905761g

Abstract

Various beta-glycosyl azides have been synthesized directly in water by the reaction of unprotected sugars and sodium azide mediated by 2-chloro-1,3-dimethylimidazolinium chloride (DMC).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Azides / chemistry*
Carbohydrates / chemistry*
Glycosylation
Imidazolines / chemistry*
Oligosaccharides / chemistry
Solutions
Water / chemistry*

Substances

2-chloroimidazolinium
Azides
Carbohydrates
Imidazolines
Oligosaccharides
Solutions
Water