Title: Application of the Asymmetric Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction for Synthesising Carbohydrate Derivatives and Glycosidase Inhibitors
VOLUME: 1 ISSUE: 1
Author(s):H. M.I. Osborn and D. Coisson
Affiliation:School of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading. RG6 6AD. U.K.
Keywords:heterodiene, heterodienophile, stereocontrol, enantiocontrol, diastereocontrol
Abstract: This review provides a discussion of recent developments in the asymmetric hetero Diels-Alder reaction (AHDAR), with particular emphasis on the synthesis of carbohydrates, their derivatives, and inhibitors of carbohydrate processing enzymes.