1993 Volume 41 Issue 3 Pages 491-501
Sixteen oxo derivatives of methyl D-hexopyranosides with various regio- and stereo-chemistries were selectively synthesized by direct oxidation of non-protected methyl glycosides by the bistributyltin oxide-bromine method or by oxidation of pfrtially protected glycosides followed by deprotection. The forms of these oxoglycosides existing in pryidine-d5 and in H2O (D2O) were investigated by means of 13C-NMR spectroscopy, and it was found that interconversion between oxo and hydrate forms of oxoglycosides readily takes place.