Enzyme-like C-H Oxidation of Glucosides Promoted by Visible Light

To match nature’s prowess at using enzymes to make desired motifs in a regioselective fashion,we explore the use of visible light for the selective oxidation of the hydroxyl group to afford the corresponding ketosaccharide.This highly admirable approach offers several advantages over the enzymatic approach in terms of yields and the scope of substrates.Herein,we report the development of a simple visiblelight-promoted selective oxidation of unprotected glucosides that allows for inexpensive access to valuable keto-saccharide building blocks.The method is employed on a variety of different natural and artificial glucosides,is operationally simple and scalable,and can be used to access keto-saccharides rapidly and inexpensively.

Stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids via Pd/Cu dual catalysis

Herein,we reported the stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids via Pd/Cu dual catalysis and found a suitable system to resolve many challenges,such as the tolerance towards the density of functional groups,the variability of the anomeric position,the compatibility of appropriate catalyst combinations,the regioselectivity of nucleophiles,and the match/mismatch problems between chiral substrates and chiral ligand-metal complexes.The method enables the efficient preparation of a series of unnatural C-glycosamino acid skeletons bearing two contiguous stereogenic centers in good yields with excellent diastereoselectivity.From this crucial precursor,various C-glycosamino acid derivatives have been achieved diversely.The readily prepared C-glycosamino acid hybrids will meet the growing demands for the development of new molecular entities for discovering new drugs and materials.This stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids will further accelerate the study of their structural features,mode of action,and potential biological applications in the near future.