The first multi-gram synthesis of enantiopure dihydroxyethyl acetamidofuran (Di-HAF) is reported. Under optimized conditions, GlcNAc dehydrates in pyridine in the presence of phenylboronic acid and triflic acid to afford Di-HAF in 73% yield and 99.3% ee in just 30 minutes. This protocol opens the door for further research on this bio-renewable building block which is now available as a chiral pool synthon. A plausible mechanism of its formation and of the subsequent dehydration of Di-HAF into well-known 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran (3A5AF) is proposed.
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