Review
The topics have been selected to bring the reader up to date on some of the most significant recent developments and applications of two of the new carbohydrate synthons, levoglucosenone and levoglucosan. -- J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995
From the Publisher
Features chapters on the chemistry and applications of levoglucosenone and levoglucosans. Included are the preparation of levoglucosenone on bench-top scale, its use in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, in the synthesis of herbicides, rare sugars and nucleoside analogs, branched-chain sugars and chiral heterocycles, as well as for various other chiral products. Other chapters describe the synthesis of dianhydrohexopyranoses, NMR and molecular mechanics studies, selective protection of levoglucosan derivatives, and the preparation of new polymers.
