Base-catalyzed Degradations of Carbohydrates. IV. Formation of 2,3-Anhydro-2-methoxy-α-D-allopyranose Derivatives from 3-Deoxy-D-erythro-hex-2-enopyranoses
1,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-3-deoxy-2-O-methyl-α-D-erythro-hex-2-enopyranose (4) reacts with m-chloroperbenzoic acid to give the epoxide, 1,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2,3-anhydro-2-methoxy-α-D-allopyranose (6), as the major product together with the perester, 4,6-di-O-acetyl-1,2-O-(1′-m-chloroperbenzoyloxy-ethylidene)-2-methoxy-α-D-glucopyranose (5), as a minor product. The structures of these novel compounds have been assigned on the basis of spectroscopic data and of transformations (i) to kojic acid diacetate and (ii) by oxidative degradations to substituted aldopentonolactones. Further examination of the products of the reaction of 1-O-acetyl-3-deoxy-2,4,6-tri-O-methyl-α-D-erythro-hex-2-enopyranose (1) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid has shown that the epoxide, 1-O-acetyl-2,3-anhydro-2-methoxy-4,6-di-O-methyl-α-D-allopyranose (15), is formed in addition to the previously characterized perester 2.