The synthesis of 2,3-dideoxy-2,3-difluoro-d-glucose and 2,3-dideoxy-3-fluoro-d-glucose is reported in, respectively, 5 and 6 steps from d-glucal, using a fluorination strategy.
LM sincerely thank Mkwawa University College of Education for financial support, and LQ thank the European
Community (INTERREG IVa Channel Programme, AI-Chem, project
4494/4196) forfinancialsupport.