An efficient glycosidation method using 2,3-unsaturated glycosyl donors

A novel class of ‘armed’ glycosyl donors containing a double bond at the C-2 position was designed by mimicking the mechanism of lysozyme-initiated hydrolysis. These donors were used to achieve chemoselective glycosidation of hex-2-enopyranosyl acetate and hexopyranosyl acetate, and synthesis of O-glycosidic linkages between highly deoxygenated sugars and tertiary alcohols.     

An improved method for synthesizing antennary β-d-mannopyranosyl disaccharide units

The merits of an indirect protecting method for hydroxyl groups using allyl groups via allyloxycarbonyl groups in the synthesis of antennary β-d-mannopyranosyl disaccharides from β-d-galactopyranosyl disaccharides were studied. Regioselective allyloxycarbonylation and conversion reactions involving simultaneous double S_N2 nucleophilic substitution at C-2′ and C-4′ of benzyl O-[β-d-galactopyranosyl]-(1-4)-3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-2-N-phthalimido-β-d-glucopyranoside were examined for comparison with the direct allylation method. The required β-d-mannopyranosyl disaccharide having proper protecting groups was obtained using this indirect method in 52% yield. In contrast, the reported direct allylation method using methyl O-(β-d-galactopyranosyl) disaccharide gave the corresponding β-d-mannopyranosyl disaccharide in only 7.5% yield.     

Synthesis of a useful lauryl thioglycoside of sialic acid and its application

An efficient synthesis of a useful thioglycosyl donor 2 was accomplished directly from known peracetylated sialic acid methyl ester and 1-dodecanethiol (lauryl mercaptan) in the presence of BF₃-OEt₂. The reactivities of the lauryl glycosides for glycosidation by means of TMSOTf as a convenient promoter were investigated, and the lauryl thioglycoside showed satisfactory activities. Further transformation of the lauryl glycoside was also attempted to give a 5-azide analogue 14 of the sialic acid, which was also reacted with a secondary alcohol in the presence of TMSOTf to give known glycoside 15 in high yield.     

Synthesis of Thioglycosides from Propargyl Glycosides Exploiting Alkynophilic Gold Catalyst

Various thioglycosides were synthesized from stable propargyl glycosides using catalytic quantity of AuBr₃ and various thiol aglycons. The current protocol enables preparation of thioglycosides from propargyl glycosides in an efficient and simple manner. The reaction is fast, catalytic, and mild. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry to view the free supplemental file.     

Solvent-free synthesis of glycosyl chlorides based on the triphenyl phosphine/hexachloroacetone system

Glycosyl chlorides, useful as glycosyl donors in glycoside synthesis and precursors in organic synthesis, can be easily prepared under solvent-free conditions by exposing a sugar hemiacetal to an equimolar mixture of PPh₃ and hexachloroacetone at 70 °C. The reaction affords products in high yields and short times, and is tolerant of a wide range of commonly adopted protecting groups.     

Efficient stereoselective synthesis of oligosaccharides of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 6A and 6B containing multiple 1,2-cis glycosidic linkages

The synthesis of the repeating units of pneumococcal polysaccharide serotypes 6A and 6B and derivatives thereof is described. Application of S-benzoxazolyl and S-thiazolinyl glycosides allowed rapid oligosaccharide assembly and provided complete stereoselectivity in challenging 1,2-cis glucosylations and galactosylations. The oligosaccharide assembly was accomplished in an efficient manner by selective activation of thioimidoyl leaving groups over thioglycosides.     

Convenient introduction of a bisecting GlcNAc residue into multiantennary N-glycans as the ultimate residue

A straightforward chemical synthesis was developed for multiantennary N-glycans of the complex-type containing a bisecting GlcNAc moiety. It was found that a bisecting GlcNAc can be introduced as the final residue despite considerable steric hindrance of the buried 4-hydroxyl group of the N-glycan acceptor. This approach circumvents the need for a temporary protecting group on the primary hydroxyl group of the central β-mannoside resulting in a shorter and more flexible synthesis. Thus the generation of N-glycans with an optional bisecting GlcNAc can be accomplished by a unified synthetic path using the same precursors and intermediates.     

Convenient and Efficient Synthesis of 2,4-Dideoxy-levoglucosan

A convenient and efficient synthesis of 1,6-anhydro-2,4-dideoxy-β-D-threo-hexopyranose (2,4-dideoxy-levoglucosan) from levoglucosan has been developed. The method uses cheap reagents and requires only crystallization and distillation for preparation of pure product on a multigram scale.

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Ramachandran-type plots for glycosidic linkages: Examples from molecular dynamic simulations using the Glycam06 force field

The goals of this article are to (1) provide further validation of the Glycam06 force field, specifically for its use in implicit solvent molecular dynamic (MD) simulations, and (2) to present the extension of G.N. Ramachandran's idea of plotting amino acid phi and psi angles to the glycosidic phi, psi, and omega angles formed between carbohydrates. As in traditional Ramachandran plots, these carbohydrate Ramachandran-type (carb-Rama) plots reveal the coupling between the glycosidic angles by displaying the allowed and disallowed conformational space. Considering two-bond glycosidic linkages, there are 18 possible conformational regions that can be defined by (alpha, phi, psi) and (beta, phi, psi), whereas for three-bond linkages, there are 54 possible regions that can be defined by (alpha, phi, psi, omega) and (beta, phi, psi, omega). Illustrating these ideas are molecular dynamic simulations on an implicitly hydrated oligosaccharide (700 ns) and its eight constituent disaccharides (50 ns/disaccharide). For each linkage, we compare and contrast the oligosaccharide and respective disaccharide carb-Rama plots, validate the simulations and the Glycam06 force field through comparison to experimental data, and discuss the general trends observed in the plots.     

Synthesis of the glycosyl lactol moiety of halichoblelide

The enantioselective synthesis of the 2-deoxy-α-l-fucosyl lactol moiety of halichoblelide, a potent cytotoxin isolated from an actinomycete of marine origin, was achieved using a diastereoselective addition of a dithianyl anion to a chiral aldehyde intermediate and a stereoselective glycosidation of a hydroxy lactone intermediate derived from the addition product with a protected l-fucal as the key steps.     

Convenient synthesis of chiral tryptophan derivatives using Negishi cross-coupling

A facile synthetic procedure for chiral tryptophan derivatives using Negishi cross-coupling reaction of serine-derived iodoalanine with 3-haloindole is described. The best result was obtained when the reaction of N-tosyl-3-bromoindole with N-Cbz-iodoalanine methyl ester was carried out by the combination of Pd₂(dba)₃ and sterically hindered ferrocenyl ligand Q-PHOS. This reaction condition not only gave the desired tryptophan derivative as high as 76% yield, but also suppressed the formation of undesired products, the dehalogenated indole and the homodimer of indole, which were difficult to separate. This reaction was extended to the synthesis of various tryptophan derivatives having substituents on the benzene ring. The characteristic of this reaction is the practical biomimetic synthesis of chiral tryptophan derivatives in one-step.     

Block Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 14 Capsular Polysaccharide Structures*

Synthesis of a thioglycoside tetrasaccharide block, β‐D‐Galp‐(1→4)‐β‐DGlcp‐(1→6)‐[β‐D‐Galp‐(1→4)]‐β‐D‐GlcNPhthp‐(1→SEt, corresponding to the repeating unit of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 CPS is described. Coupling of this block with a spacer followed by removal of an isopropylidene acetal yielded an acceptor, which was elongated with the donor block to give a protected dimer of the repeating unit. Iteration of this methodology yielded the trimer. Deprotection then produced an octa and a dodecasaccharide derivative ready for conjugation to proteins to afford immunoactive glycoconjugates.     

MALDI linear-field reflectron TOF post-source decay analysis of underivatized oligosaccharides: Determination of glycosidic linkages and anomeric configurations using anion attachment

Six different anionic species (fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, nitrate, and acetate) are tested for their abilities to form anionic adducts with neutral oligosaccharides that are detectable by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Fluoride and acetate cannot form anionic adducts with the oligosaccharides in significant yields. However, bromide, iodide, and nitrate anionic adducts consistently appear in higher abundances relative to [M - H](-), just like the highly stable chloride adducts. Post-source decay (PSD) decompositions of Br(-), I(-), and NO(3)(-) adducts of oligosaccharides provide no structural information, i.e., they yield the respective anions as the main product ions. However, determination of linkage types is achieved by analysis of structurally-informative diagnostic peaks offered by negative ion PSD spectra of chloride adducts of oligosaccharides, whereas the relative peak intensities of pairs of diagnostic fragment ions allow differentiation of anomeric configurations of glycosidic bonds. Thus, simultaneous identification of the linkage types and anomeric configurations of glycosidic bonds is achieved. Our data indicate that negative ion PSD fragmentation patterns of chloride adducts of oligosaccharides are mainly determined by the linkage types. Correlation may exist between the linkage positions and fragmentation mechanisms and/or steric requirements for both cross-ring and glycosidic bond fragmentations. PSD of the chloride adducts of saccharides containing a terminal Glcalpha1-2Fru linkage also yields chlorine-containing fragment ions which appear to be specifically diagnostic for a fructose linked at the 2-position on the reducing end. This also allows differentiation from saccharides with a 1-1 linked pyranose on the same position.     

Convenient strategy for the synthesis of highly functionalizable hydroxylated unsaturated azepanes

A convenient approach to the construction of dihydroxylated unsaturated azepanes featuring a functional group (ethoxycarbonyl)methyl or (cyano)methyl at C-2 was achieved from a pent-4-enal synthon obtained in four steps from d-xylose. The key step of the sequence relied on the conjugate addition of allylamine to α,β-unsaturated ester or nitrile, prepared by Wadsworth-Emmons olefination. Subsequent RCM afforded the target unsaturated azepanes.     

Synthesis of peptides and oligosaccharides by using a recyclable fluorous tag

A hexakis(fluorous chain)-type alcohol was used in the synthesis of oligosaccharides and peptides through connection with a linker suitable for the particular type of target compound. After the preparation of the desired compound, the fluorous alcohol was easily recovered in good yields under basic conditions. It appears that the fluorous alcohol can be recovered, recycled, and reused.     

Effect of monosaccharide composition, glycosidic linkage position and anomericity on the electrophoretic mobility of labeled oligosaccharides

Fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) is useful for separation and characterization of oligosaccharides from various sources and for comparing several samples at once. While characterizing fungal surface glycans by FACE we observed that samples and standards of the same mass did not comigrate as expected. Subsequent experiments showed that the samples did not contain contaminating sugars. Therefore, our observation suggested that glycan electrophoretic mobility is affected by factors in addition to molecular mass. This work assesses the contribution of monosaccharide composition, linkage position, and linkage anomericity to glycan mobility. Commercially available (and synthesized when available) bioses of known composition were derivatized with a charged fluorophore, and electrophoretic mobilities compared in a slab gel format. The results indicate that all three parameters mentioned above affect observed migration. Further, no migration patterns emerged to suggest a set of rules for assigning band identity based on mobility alone. These results emphasize the importance of including known, matched, standards to facilitate interpretation of FACE data.     

低聚糖的固相合成与反应机理研究进展

对低聚糖的固相合成作了评述，重点介绍了聚合物载体对糖苷化反应的影响、羟基的保护（包括载体化保护基）、糖苷化反应的各种方法和偶联过程中的立体控制问题。     

The 4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl group as a convenient N-protecting group for iminosugars—synthesis of oligosaccharide inhibitors of heparanase

The 4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl (nosyl) group can be used advantageously for the protection of the ring nitrogen atom of iminosugars. This group is conveniently introduced, is stable to most of the standard carbohydrate transformations and can be removed under mild conditions. The applicability of the nosyl group is demonstrated by the synthesis of sulfated oligosaccharides which are inhibitors of the enzyme, heparanase. The N-(4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl) group is orthogonal with the azido function.     

A novel glycosidation of glycosyl fluoride using a designed ionic liquid and its effect on the stereoselectivity

The glycosidations of glucopyranosyl fluoride and alcohols using an ionic liquid containing a protic acid effectively proceeded under mild conditions to afford the corresponding glycosides in good to high yields. The stereoselectivity of the glycosidation was significantly affected by the ionic liquid solvent. 1-n-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate (C₆mim[OTf]), containing a trifluoromethanesulfonate anion, and 1-(3-cyanopropyl)-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonimidide (CNC₃mim[NTf₂]), possessing a cyano group at the side chain of the imidazolium cation, gave the β-stereoselectivity.     

Novel Convenient Synthesis of Mitiglinide

A novel convenient synthesis of the hypoglycemic agent mitiglinide was developed. (2S)‐4‐[(3aR,7aS)‐Octahydro‐2H‐isoindol‐2‐yl]‐4‐oxo‐2‐benzyl‐butanoic acid (6) was prepared by selective hydrolysis of ethyl 4‐[(3aR,7aS)‐octahydro‐2H‐isoindol‐2‐yl]‐4‐oxo‐2‐benzyl‐butanoate (5) using α‐chymotrypsin; the latter was prepared by a novel facile route from (3aR,7aS)‐octahydro‐2H‐isoindole. The overall yield was 25.6%.