Electrochemical Modifications of Carbohydrates and Related Compounds

Abstract

By use of electrochemical reactions, aldonic acids, alditols, and aminocyclitols have been synthesized. Electrochemical reactions have also been utilized for removal of protecting groups in various syntheses and for chemical modifications of triterpene-oligosides, nucleosides, and amino-glycoside-antibiotics. This article reviews recent topics on functional group modifications and chemical modifications and syntheses of carbohydrates and related compounds where electrochemical oxidations and reductions have been used as key-reactions. © 1985, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. All rights reserved.