Synthesis of S-linked N-acetylneuraminic acid derivatives via photoinduced thiol-ene and thiol-yne couplings

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0032-1318480

Thio-linked mono- and bivalent mimetics of α(2→3) and α(2→6)-linked sialosides were prepared by photoinduced hydrothiolation of alkenes and alkynes with the 2-mercapto sialic acid. Thiosialylation of 6-O-allyl- or 3-O-allyl-substituted galactose derivativ