Toluene → 2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-benzyl-1-O-carboxymethyl-glucopyranose

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A mixture that consists of 54.1 g (100 mmol) of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-glucopyranose, 1.39 g (5 mmol) of tetrabutylammonium chloride and 11.22 g of potassium-t-butoxide (100 mmol) in 500 ml of diethoxymethane is cooled to 0° C. At 0° C., 29.3 g (150 mmol) of bromoacetic acid-tert-butyl ester is added in drops over 20 minutes while being stirred vigorously. It is stirred for 0.5 hour at 0° C. 250 toluene is added, the organic phase is separated, and the aqueous phase is extracted twice with 150 ml of toluene. The solvent of the combined organic phases is washed with water, dried on sodium sulfate, dessicant is filtered off, and it is distilled off in a vacuum. The residue is taken up in 400 ml of methanol. 50 ml of 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is added, and it is refluxed for 0.5 hour. It is cooled to 0° C., set at pH 8 with 10% aqueous hydrochloric acid, and then the solvent is distilled off (vacuum). The residue is taken up in 300 ml of water and 500 ml of dichloromethane, and the pH of the aqueous phase is set at 2 while being stirred (10% aqueous hydrochloric acid). The organic phase is separated, and the aqueous phase is extracted once more with 200 ml of dichloromethane. The combined organic phases are dried on magnesium sulfate, the solvent is distilled off in a vacuum, and the residue is chromatographed on silica gel (mobile solvent: dichloromethane/n-hexane/ethanol/acetic acid=20:5:3:0.5). The product-containing fractions are concentrated by evaporation, dissolved in 400 ml of ethyl acetate and shaken out three times with 200 ml of water. Then, the organic phase is separated and evaporated to the dry state in a vacuum.

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