Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK. yves.bleriot@chimie.ens.fr
Abstract:
1,6-Dideoxygalactostatin, the mirror image of 1-deoxy-L-fuconojirimycin, was efficiently prepared from 2,3-O-isopropylidene-L-lyxonolactone in four steps and evaluated as a glycosidase inhibitor.