Selectin Receptors 4: Synthesis of Tetrasaccharides Sialyl Lewis A and Sialyl Lewis X Containing A Spacer Group1,2 |
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Authors: | Nikolay E. Nifant'ev Yury E. Tsvetkov Alexander S. Shashkov Leonid O. Kononov Vladimir M. Menshov Alexander B. Tuzikov |
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Affiliation: | 1. N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 117913, Moscow, Russia;2. M. M. Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 117871, Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT Synthesis of two isomeric tetrasaccharides, namely Neu5Acα(2→3)Galβ(1→3)[Fucα(1→4)GlcNAcβ (sLea) and Neu5Acα(2→3)Galβ(1→4)[Fucα(1→3)]GlcNAcβ (sLex) as 3-aminopropyl glycosides is described. Preparation of these compounds was performed by sialylation of selectively protected trisaccharides Lea and Lex which contain three unsubstituted OH groups at positions 2, 3 and 4 of Gal residue. Glycosylation of Lex trisaccharide with ethylthio sialoside under promotion by NIS and TfOH in acetonitrile was effective and regio- and stereoselective to give sLex derivative in 81% yield. In contrast, sialylation of the Lca acceptor was accompanied by a variety of undesirable by-processes, namely. N-thioethylation of the GlcNAc residue, β-sialylation, and lactonisation. In order to improve the yield of sLca tetrasaccharide the glycosylation of Lea acceptor by sialyl donors of ethyl and phenyl thioglycoside (promoted by NIS-TfOH or NBS-Bu4NBr), xanthate (promotion by NIS-TfOH mixture or MeOTf) and phosphite (promoted by TMSOTf) types was also studied. Among the reactions investigated the glycosylation by phenyl thioglycoside sialoside promoted by NIS-TfOH gives the best yield (39%) of sLea tetrasaccharide product. |
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