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Topic: Etherfication of alditols?  (Read 1980 times)

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Offline limonade

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Etherfication of alditols?
« on: September 05, 2013, 10:23:55 AM »
If I have an hexoalditol with only the first and fifth carbon bearing a hydroxyl group, and the rest having methyl ethers,  can I just do a williamson ether synthesis on the first and fifth carbons only to put on , say a butyl group?
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Re: Etherfication of alditols?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2013, 10:28:40 AM »
Don't see why not. But are you concerned about the stereochemistry of the secondary OH?
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Re: Etherfication of alditols?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2013, 10:31:53 AM »
Initially I didn't thing of it, but just out of curiosity, would there be a way to obtain a specific stereochemistry? Or would I have to go a completely different route?
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Re: Etherfication of alditols?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2013, 10:42:21 AM »
Well it should be OK. Don't worry about it, I was thinking of something else!
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Re: Etherfication of alditols?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2013, 06:20:36 PM »
Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it.
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