N-butyl-1-deoxynojirimycin(Zavesca) is an important glucosidase inhibitor,which is a kind of azasugar,which is synthesized from glucose,followed by oxidation,amination,reduction and deprotection etc.The structure of target compound is confirmed by 1H NMR.
Tetra-O-benzylvalienamine was successfully synthesized by taking D-glucose as the starting material via a twelve-steps procedure in an overall yield of 4.7% in this paper.The structure of the title compound was confirmed by spectral analysis.This improved method could avoid the usage of some poisonous reagents,reduce the cost and increase the total yield.