Synthesis of a selectively protected trisaccharide building block that is part of xylose-containing carbohydrate chains from N-glycoproteins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(93)87009-H

The synthesis is reported of ethyl 4-O-<3-O-allyl-4,6-O-isopropylidene-2-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-xylopyranosyl)-β-D-mannopyranosyl>-3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-1-thio-β-D-glucopyranoside (16), a key intermediate in the synthesis of xylose-cont