An aminoglycoside antibiotic, dibekacin (= 3', 4'-dideoxykanamycin B)(22), has been synthesized from D-glucosamine and D-glucose using an oxidative decarboxylation reaction with lead tetraacetate and a reductive deacetoxylation reaction with sodium borohydride as keyreactions.
![(4R,6S,7R,7aS)-7-(((2R,3R,6S)-6-(acetamidomethyl)-3-(((benzyloxy)carbonyl)amino)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)-6-(((benzyloxy)carbonyl)amino)-2,2-dimethyl-4-nitrohexahydrobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl acetate结构式](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/427/113886-52-5.png)
![benzyl ((3aS,4R,5S,7R,7aR)-4-(((2R,3R,6S)-6-(acetamidomethyl)-3-(((benzyloxy)carbonyl)amino)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)-2,2-dimethyl-7-nitrohexahydrobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)carbamate结构式](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/020/113886-45-6.png)