Abstract
3,5,6-Bicyclophosphate of 1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-glucofuranose (I), its thiono (II) and selenono (III) analogs undergo unprecedentedly feasible hydrolysis to afford the corresponding 1,2-isopropylidene-α-D-glucofuranose-3,6-cyclophosphate (IV), -thionophosphate (V) and -selenonophosphate (VI). The process is regio- and stereospecific. It occurs with retention of glucose configuration of the monosaccharide backbone and the formation of the phosphepane rings. X-ray structural analysis of the monocyclophosphates formed has been carried out.