Boat Conformations Part IV- Synthesis, NMR Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamics of Methyl 4,6-O-Benzylidene-3-Deoxy-3-Phthalimido-alpha-D-Altropyranoside Derivatives

Published

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

B Coxon, R C. Reynolds

Abstract

dition of the elements of phthalimide to methyl 2,3-anhydro-4,6-O-benzylidene-α-D-mannopyranoside (1) under fusion conditions has yielded methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-3-deoxy-3-phthalimido-α-D-altropyranoside(2). The conformation of the pyranose ring of 2 has been shown to be non-chair by ¹H NMR spectroscopy, in contrast to the conformations of related derivatives having smaller substituents at C-3. Molecular dynamics simulations of 2 in explicit chloroform-d solvent have indicated four principal conformational possibilities. Of these, the ⁷C₅/¹S₅ chair/skew boat form 2d has the lowest potential energy, and is largely consistent with the observed vicinal ¹H--¹H NMR coupling constants.

Citation

Carbohydrate Research

Volume

331

Issue

No. 4

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

altropyranoside, boat conformations, H NMR Spectroscopy, molecular dynamics, phthalimidoderivative, simulated annealing, skew boat conformations, vicinal coupling constants

Citation

Coxon, B. and Reynolds, R. (2001), Boat Conformations Part IV- Synthesis, NMR Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamics of Methyl 4,6-O-Benzylidene-3-Deoxy-3-Phthalimido-alpha-D-Altropyranoside Derivatives, Carbohydrate Research (Accessed October 27, 2025)