Lactose as an inexpensive starting material for the preparation of aldohexos-5-uloses: synthesis of l-ribo and d-lyxo derivatives Original Research Article

Partially protected derivatives of l-ribo- and d-lyxo-aldohexos-5-ulose have been prepared starting from triacetonlactose dimethyl acetal derivatives. Key steps of the synthetic sequences are (a) the synthesis of 4′-deoxy-4′-eno- and 6′-deoxy-5′-eno lactose derivatives, and (b) the epoxidation–methanolysis of the above-mentioned enol ethers to give 1,5-bis-glycopyranosides, masked form of the target 1,5-dicarbonyl hexoses.