N-SUBSTITUTED MANNOSAMINE DERIVATIVES, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE

摘要

A compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is a group removable by hydrogenolysis,and wherein R2 is OH or R2 is -NHR3 wherein R3 is a group removable by hydrogenolysis. The compound can be made from fructose by a Heyns-rearrangement. The compound can be used then to make - free D-mannosamine or its salts, - D-mannosamine building blocks and mannosamine containing oligo- or polysaccharides, - N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and its hydrates and solvates, - neuraminic acid derivatives and, - viral neuraminidase inhibitors.