1,4-Anhydroerythritol was employed in a key step in the synthesis of glucopyranoside-based analogs of adenophostin A lacking the adenine component.
1,4-Anhydroerythritol is a tetrahydrofuran derivative used as a heterocyclic building block in epoxy resins and other polymers. 1,4-Anhydroerythritol is also used in the preparation of nucleotide anal
ogs as potential antiviral and anticancer agents.
1,4-Anhydroerythritol is a cyclic vicinal diol. 1,4-Anhydroerythritol undergoes hydrodeoxygenation over tungsten oxide-palladium catalysts to yield 3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran.
