Mycothiol synthesis by an anomerization reaction through endocyclic cleavage

Abstract Mycothiol is found in Gram-positive bacteria, where it helps in maintaining a reducing intracellular environment and it plays an important role in protecting the cell from toxic chemicals. The inhibition of the mycothiol biosynthesis is considered as a treatment for tuberculosis. Mycothiol contains an α-aminoglycoside, which is difficult to prepare stereoselectively by a conventional glycosylation reaction. In this study, mycothiol was synthesized by an anomerization reaction from an easily prepared β-aminoglycoside through endocyclic cleavage. 32

Phenyl 2-amino-N,6-O-dibenzyl-2,3-N,O-carbonyl-2-de­oxy-1-thio-β-d-glucopyran­oside

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C27H27NO5S, the pyran­ose ring adopts a 4 C 1 chair conformation with puckering parameters Q = 0.639 (2) Å, θ = 174.11 (18) and ϕ = 256 (2)°. The presence of the 2,3-trans-oxazolidinone fixes the conformation of the pyran­ose ring. The phenyl group attached to the S atom and the benzyl group bonding to the N atom are each disordered over two positions with site occupancies of 0.624 (3):0.376 (3) and 0.526 (3):0.474 (3), respectively. An inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond is observed

Mycothiol synthesis by an anomerization reaction through endocyclic cleavage

Mycothiol is found in Gram-positive bacteria, where it helps in maintaining a reducing intracellular environment and it plays an important role in protecting the cell from toxic chemicals. The inhibition of the mycothiol biosynthesis is considered as a treatment for tuberculosis. Mycothiol contains an α-aminoglycoside, which is difficult to prepare stereoselectively by a conventional glycosylation reaction. In this study, mycothiol was synthesized by an anomerization reaction from an easily prepared β-aminoglycoside through endocyclic cleavage