Bis(oxazolines) based on glycopyranosides – steric, configurational and conformational influences on stereoselectivity

• Tobias Minuth and
• Mike M. K. Boysen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 23, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.23

• revealed strong steric and configurational effects of position 3 on asymmetric induction, further dramatic effects of the pyranose conformation were also observed. Keywords: asymmetric synthesis; carbohydrates; copper; cyclopropanation; ligand design; Introduction The design and optimisation of chiral