Looking glass inhibitors: efficient synthesis and biological evaluation of d-deoxyfuconojirimycin

1,6-Dideoxygalactostatin, the mirror image of 1-deoxy-l-fuconojirimycin, was efficiently prepared from 2,3-O-isopropylidene-l-lyxonolactone in four steps and evaluated as a glycosidase inhibitor.

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