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Aldohexoses A and B both undergo Ruff degradation to give aldopentose C. On treatment with warm nitric acid, aldopentose C gives an optically active aldaric acid. B also reacts with warm nitric acid to give an optically active aldaric acid, but A reacts to give an optically inactive aldaric acid. Aldopentose C is degraded to aldotetrose D, which gives optically active tartaric acid when it is treated with nitric acid. Aldotetrose D is degraded to (+)-glyceraldehyde. Deduce the structures of sugars A,B,C and D, and use Figure 23-3 to determine the correct names of these sugars.

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Ruff degradation is employed when carbohydrate chain needs to be shortened or degraded by a single carbon. Aqueous solution of bromine is used in first step which is used for oxidation of aldehyde to carboxylic acid and then in second step, ferric ion catalyzes oxidation reaction with hydrogen peroxide and bond cleavage between carbon-1 and carbon-2 occurs forming an aldehyde. When aldohexoses A and B undergo Ruff degradation, then resulting aldopentose C will have one less carbon than parent chain. A gives optically inactive aldaric acid whereas B and C gives optically active aldaric acid on warming with nitric acid. Oxidation of aldehyde and alcoholic group takes place on nitric acid addition. From this statement, structures of A, B and C are deduced.

D-galactose D-talose D-lyxose

(C)

Optically active D-galactose D-talose Optically inactive

(A) (B)

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Step-1.

Ruff degradation is employed when carbohydrate chain needs to be shortened or degraded by a single carbon. Aqueous solution of bromine is used in first step which is used for oxidation of aldehyde to carboxylic acid and then in second step, ferric ion catalyzes oxidation reaction with hydrogen peroxide and bond cleavage between carbon-1 and carbon-2 occurs forming an aldehyde. When aldohexoses A and B undergo Ruff degradation, then resulting aldopentose C will have one less carbon than parent chain. A gives optically inactive aldaric acid whereas B and C gives optically active aldaric acid on warming with nitric acid. Oxidation of aldehyde and alcoholic group takes place on nitric acid addition. From this statement, structures of A, B and C are deduced.

D-galactose D-talose D-lyxose

(C)

Optically active D-galactose D-talose Optically inactive

(A) (B)

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Step-2

Aldopentose C is degraded to aldotetrose D, which when treated with nitric acid gives optically active tartaric acid which is not meso compound. Aldotetrose D is further degraded to (+)-glyceraldehyde. Structure of D can be deduced by carrying out Ruff degradation of C and on nitric acid addition, aldehyde and alcoholic group of D gets oxidised to carboxylic acid. (+)-glyceraldehyde gets formed on Ruff degradation of D as hydroxyl group is on right side of chiral carbon in glyceraldehyde.

D-lyxose D-threose

(C) (D)

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H. G. Khorana won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1968 for developing the synthesis of DNA and RNA and for helping to unravel the genetic code. Part of the chemistry he developed was the use of selective protecting groups for the 5′ OH group of nucleosides.

The trityl ether derivative of just the 5′ OH group is obtained by reaction of the nucleoside with trityl chloride, MMT chloride, or DMT chloride and a base like Et3N. The trityl ether derivative can be removed in dilute aqueous acid. DMT derivatives hydrolyze fastest, followed by MMT derivatives, and trityl derivatives slowest.

(a) Draw the product with the trityl derivative on the 5′ oxygen.

(b) Explain why the trityl derivative is selective for the 5′ OH group. Why doesn’t it react at 2′ or 3′? (c) Why is the DMT group easiest to remove under dilute acid conditions? Why does the solution instantly turn orange when acid is added to a DMT derivative?

An important protecting group developed specifically for polyhydroxy compounds like nucleosides is the tetraisopropyl-disiloxanyl group, abbreviated TIPDS, that can protect two alcohol groups in a molecule.

(a) The TIPDS group is somewhat hindered around the Siatoms by the isopropyl groups. Which OHis more likely to react first with TIPDS chloride? Show the product with the TIPDS group on one oxygen.

(b) Once the TIPDS group is attached at the first oxygen, it reaches around to the next closest oxygen. Show the final product with two oxygens protected.

(c) The unprotected hydroxy group can now undergo reactions without affecting the protected oxygens. Show the product after the protected nucleoside from (b) is treated with tosyl chloride and pyridine, followed by NaBr, ending with deprotection with Bu4NF.

(a) Figure 23-2 shows that the degradation of D-glucose gives D-arabinose, an aldopentose. Arabinose is most stable in its furanose form. Draw D-arabinofuranose.

(b) Ribose, the C2 epimer of arabinose, is most stable in its furanose form. Draw D-ribofuranose.

Draw the following sugar derivatives.

  1. ethyl-β-D-glucopyranoside
  2. 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-ethyl-D-mannopyranose
  3. 1,3,6-tri-O-ethyl-D-fructofuranose
  4. Ethyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-methyl-β-D-galactopyranoside

Draw the structures of the compounds named in Problem 23-20 parts (a), (c), and (d). Allose is the C3 epimer of glucose and ribose is the C2 epimer of arabinose.

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