Synthesis of a hexasaccharide acceptor corresponding to the reducing terminus of mycobacterial 3-O-methylmannose polysaccharide (MMP)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(96)00239-X

The title compound methyl O-(2,6-di-O-benzyl-3-O-methyl-α-D-mannopyranosyl)-[( 1 → 4)-O-(2,6-di-O-benzyl-3-O-methyl-α-D-mannopyranosyl)]₄-(1 → 4)-2,6-di-O-benzyl-3-O-methyl-α-D mannopyranoside (2) was synthesized in a blockwise manner, employin