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Selective anomeric deacetylation using zinc acetate as catalyst

Eda Kaya, Fatih Sonmez, Mustafa Kucukislamoglu, and Mehmet Nebioglu

Department of Chemistry, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey

E-mail: nebioglu@sakarya.edu.tr

Abstract: An alternative method has been developed for the anomeric deacetylation of fully acetylated carbohydrate derivatives using zinc acetate dihydrate as a catalyst in methanol under mild conditions. The experimental simplicity, low cost, acceptable yield, use of a readily handled acidic catalyst, and the environmentally benign nature are some of the advantages of this method.

Keywords: anomeric deacetylation – acetylated 1-hydroxy sugars – zinc acetate – hemiacetals

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-012-0143-5

Chemical Papers 66 (4) 312–315 (2012)