Six novel enantiopure epimeric indolizidinediols have been easily prepared in high yields by an effective and well‐established regioselective THF ring‐opening reaction as a key step. Quarternization of these species was also studied and comparison was made to the quaternizations of other substituted indolizidines. Importantly, a combined theoretical DFT‐QTAIM study has cast light on the various factors that explain the observed conformational selectivity. The inhibitory properties of the six synthesized indolizidines were then investigated against the recombinant Golgi α‐mannosidase‐IIb (dGMIIb) and lysosomal α‐mannosidase (dLM408), human homologues of Drosophila melanogaster. Among the tested compounds, two of them, 4a and 4b, exhibited a pH‐dependent inhibition of dGMIIb at the milimolar level (IC50 = 3.5 or 1.7 mM at pH 5.8 or 6.5, respectively) without affecting the activity of dLM408.
2-Chloro-1,3-dithiane was obtained by the chlorination of 1,3-dithiane with N-chlorosuccinimide. Reactions of 2-chloro-1,3-dithiane with various substituted phenols lead to 2-(1,3-dithianyl)phenols (3). Hexakis-[p-(1,3-dithian-2-yl)phenoxy]cyclotriphosphazene (6) was obtained by reaction with hexachlorotriazacyclotriphosphazene (5).
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