New furanoside-based NHC precursor salts (2) were synthesized using amino alcohols from the chloralose derivatives of glucose (a), galactose (b), and mannose (c). The novel compounds were fully characterized by 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, and elemental analyses. The catalytic activities of these salts were tested in the arylation of aldehydes as catalysts that were generated in situ from [RhCl(COD)] 2 . In addition, 2a was converted to the rhodium complex 3a in order to compare the results obtained in situ. The newly synthesized compounds were very efficient in terms of yield; nevertheless they did not exhibit a chiral induction.

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Four new chiral Schiff base ligands (3a-4a, 3b-4b) have been prepared using aminoisopropylidene derivatives of glucose and aminochloralose derivatives of mannose. The synthesized compounds 1 and 2 were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H and 13 C NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV/visible spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. A total of eight Schiff base compounds (3a-6a, 3b-6b) were tested for antimicrobial activity against