Convergent synthesis of an elusive hexasaccharide corresponding to the cell-wall polysaccharide of the β-hemolytic Streptococcus Group A

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(93)80075-P

A convergent synthesis of a hexasaccharide corresponding to the cell-wall polysaccharide of the β-hemolytic Streptococcus Group A is described.The strategy relies on the preparation of a key linear trisaccharide unit β-D-GlcpNAc-(1->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1->2)-α-L