Large scale synthesis of a derivative of an α-galactosyl trisaccharide epitope involved in the hyperacute rejection of xenotransplantation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/07328309908544050

A derivative of an α-galactosyl trisaccharide xenoactive antigen, (2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1→3)-(2,4,6-tri-O-acet yl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1→4)-2,3,6-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyrano syl azide (5), was synthesized on a large scale (50 g