Easy access to a carbohydrate-based template for stimuli-responsive surfactants.

Beilstein J Org Chem

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.

Published: November 2020

In this paper we describe the synthesis of a new carbohydrate-based building block functionalized with azido or amino groups on the 2 and 4 positions. The building block can be synthesized in anomerically pure form in only five scalable steps starting from commercially available levoglucosan. It was shown that the building block could undergo alkylations under strongly basic conditions. The building block with azido groups could furthermore take part in CuAAC reactions, generating derivatives with ester or carboxylic acid functionalities. In addition, the anomeric mixture of the building block was used for the synthesis of a molecule that could act as an emulsifier only in the presence of Zn ions.

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