SYNTHESYS OF THE TETRASACCHARIDE CORE REGION OF ANTIGENIC LIPO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES CHARACTERISTIC OF Mycobacterium kansasii

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(88)84146-6

The oligisaccharide core region, β-D-Glcp-(1->3)-β-D-Glcp-(1->4)-α-D-Glcp-(1<->1)-α-D-Glcp (1), of the lipo-oligosaccharide-type antigens isolated from M. kansasii has been synthesised from 2,3,2',3',4',6'-hexa-O-benzyl-6-O-(1-phenylethyl)-α,α-trehalose (