Characterisation and X-ray crystallography of products from the Bucherer–Bergs reaction of methyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-lyxo-pentodialdo-1,4-furanoside Original Research Article

Methyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-mannofuranosidurononitrile [alternative name: methyl (5R)-5-C-cyano-2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-lyxofuranoside] (2), methyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-mannofuranosiduronamide [methyl (5S)-5-C-carbamoyl-2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-lyxofuranoside; methyl (5S)-2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-lyxo-hexofuranosiduronamide] (3), methyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-mannofuranosiduronic acid [methyl (5S)-2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-lyxo-hexofuranosiduronic acid] (4), methyl 5-deoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-5-ureido-β-l-gulofuranosiduronamide [methyl (5R)-5-deoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-5-ureido-α-d-lyxo-hexofuranosiduronamide (5), and (4S,5S,6R)-5,6-dihydro-6-hydroxy-4,5-isopropylidenedioxy-4H-pyrido[2,1-e]imidazolidine-2′,4′-dione [IUPAC name: (3aS,4R,8aS)-4-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-3a,8a-dihydro-4H-1,3-dioxa-4a,6-diaza-s-indacene-5,7-dione] (6), instead of the expected hydantoin derivative, were obtained from the Bucherer–Bergs reaction of methyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-d-lyxo-pentodialdo-1,4-furanoside (1). The structure of 6 was deduced from NMR and mass spectral data and confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The configuration at C-5 in 2–5 was confirmed by establishing the 5S configuration of 3 by X-ray crystallography. Conformations of the six- and five-membered rings in 3 and 6 are also discussed.