Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1983, 48, 1867-1871
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19831867
Reduction of glycosylnitromethanes to glycosylmethylamines with ferrous salts
Ladislav Petruš and Vincent Mihálov
Chemical Research Center, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 842 38 Bratislava
Abstract
Reduction of β-D-galactopyranosylnitromethane, β-D-glucopyranosylnitromethane and 1-deoxy-1-nitro-D-glycero-L-manno-heptitol with ferrous hydroxide afforded β-D-galactopyranosylmethylamine (I), β-D-glucopyranosylmethylamine (II) and 1-amino-1-deoxy-D-glycero-L-manno-heptitol (III), respectively. Thanks to the high conversion of the nitro derivatives and the simple isolation, this method is very suitable for preparation of glycosylmethylamines. The structure of products in their underivatized form was proved by mass spectrometry.
