A new approach to the chemical synthesis of the trisaccharide, and the terminal di- and mono-saccharide units of the major, serologically active glycoplipid from Mycobacterium leprae

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(93)80099-Z

The key intermediates for the synthesis of p-trifluoroacetamidophenyl O-(3,6-di-O-methyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 → 4)-O-(2,3-di-O-methyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1 → 2)-3-O-methyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (15), as well as p-trifluoroacetamidophenyl O-(3,6-di-O-me