“…6 Synthesis of 2,3,4-trideoxy-2,3,4-trifluoromannopyranose 44 and 2,3,4-trideoxy-2,3,4-trifluorotalopyranose 47 . Reagents and conditions: (a) ref 63 ; (b) KHF 2 (6.1 equiv), ethylene glycol, 200 °C, 5.0 h, 65%; (c) Tf 2 O (2.4 equiv), pyridine (9.6 equiv), CH 2 Cl 2 , 0 °C, 0.5 h; (d) 1 M TBAF in THF (10 equiv), THF, rt, 22 h, 85% over 2 steps; (e) TiCl 4 (2.0 equiv), CH 2 Cl 2 , 0 °C, 0.8 h, 88%; (f) TBANO 2 (3.0 equiv), CH 3 CN, microwave irradiation, 100 °C, 3 h, 91% over 2 steps; (g) Et 3 N·3HF (15 equiv), Et 3 N, 80 °C, 48 h; (h) Ac 2 O (200 equiv), H 2 SO 4 (80 equiv), 0 °C to rt, 16 h, then NaOAc (100 equiv), 0 °C to rt, 0.3 h, 71% over 3 steps, 9 / 10 = 1.5:1, α/β = 10:1; (i) 1 M NaOMe, MeOH, rt, 1 h, 94%; (j) p -bromobenzoylchloride (4.0 equiv), Et 3 N (8 equiv), DMAP (0.8 equiv), CH 2 Cl 2 , rt, 18 h, 83% for 44 , 80% for 47 ; (k) DAST (2.0 equiv), CH 2 Cl 2 , microwave irradiation, 100 °C, 1 h; (l) Ac 2 O (30 equiv), H 2 SO 4 (10 equiv), 0 °C to rt, 16 h, then NaOAc (20 equiv), 0 °C to rt, 0.3 h, 77% over 3 steps, α/β = 23:1; m) HCl (37% in water), water, rt, 1 h. Ac 2 O acetic anhydride, DAST diethylaminosulfur trifluoride, DMAP 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine, TBAF tetrabutylammonium fluoride, TBANO 2 tetrabutylammonium nitrite, Tf 2 O trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride. ORTEP diagram of the molecular structure of 44 and 47 showing 50% thermal ellipsoid probability, carbon (gray), oxygen (red), fluorine (light green), hydrogen (white).…”