Carbohydrate-spiro-heterocycles

László Somsák is a full Professor and Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. He serves as an editorial board member for Carbohydrate Research, and as guest editor for special issues of Carbohydrate Research, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, Molecules. His research interests include synthetic carbohydrate chemistry directed to C-glycosyl compounds, anomeric-spirocycles, glycals, exo-glycals and their derivatives; development of synthetic methodology involving radicals and carbenes; synthesis of glycosidase and glycogen phosphorylase inhibitors as potential antidiabetics, study of their structure-activity relationships; synthesis of glycomimetics and glycopeptidomimetics.

• Anomeric Spiro-Annulated Glycopyranosides: An Overview of Synthetic Methodologies and Biological Applications.- Cycloaddition Reactions of Sugar-Based Olefins, Nitrones and Nitrile Oxides: En Route to Saccharidic Spiroisoxazoli(di)nes.- Carbohydrate Spiro-heterocycles via Radical Chemistry.- Carbohydrate-Derived Spiroketals and Spirocyclic Lactones.- Cyanohydrins and Aminocyanides as Key Intermediates to Various Spiroheterocyclic Sugars.- Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Biology of Spirocyclic Nucleosides.- Spiroketal Phthalane C-Glycosides: Synthesis of Papulacandins and SGLT2 Inhibitors.- Spiro Iminosugars: Structural Diversity and Synthetic Strategies.