N-(2,2-dimethoxyethyl)-, N-(2,2-diethoxyethyl)-, and N-(4,4-diethoxybutyl)-6-hydroxy hexanamides as new linking agents for carbohydrates and proteins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10787-0

The title compounds have been conveniently synthesized by the addition reaction of ε-caprolactone and the corresponding, readily available ω-aminoalkyl dialkyl acetals, The free aldehydes, formed from sugar glycosides bearing the described hexanamides as