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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 16, Issue 11, Pages 3476-3488Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902460
Keywords
glycosylation; oxidation; polysaccharides; T-cell activation; uronic acid
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- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Alberta Ingenuity Foundation
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Zwitterionic polysaccharides (ZPSs) from Bacteroides fragilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae display unique T-cell activities. The first synthesis of a hexasaccharide representing two repeating units of the zwitterionic capsular polysaccharide from S. pneumoniae type 1 (Sp1) is reported. Key elements of the approach are stereoselective construction of 1,4-cis-alpha-galactose linkages based on a reactive trichloroacetimidate donor that incorporates a 6-O-acetyl group, which may contribute to the high a selectivity in glycosylation. After assembly of the fully protected hexasaccharide from five monosaccharide synthons 2-4, 24 and 25, selective deprotection of the primary hydroxyl groups of the four galactose residues followed by oxidation to the corresponding uronic acids provides hexasaccharide 19. The trisaccharide counterpart I was synthesized in similar fashion from three synthons, 2-4. This approach employed both conventional and dehydrative glycosylation methodologies and avoids the use of poorly reactive uronic acid derived glycosyl donors and acceptors.
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