Synthesis of β-(1→6)-branched (1→3)-glucododecaose and -glucopentadecaose with alternate β- and α-bonds in the backbone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(03)00354-9

β-D-Glcp-(1→3)-[β-D-Glcp-(1→6)]-α-D-Glcp- (1→3)-{β-D-Glcp-(1→3)-[β-D-Glcp-(1→6)] -α-D-Glcp-(1→3)}_2-3-β-D-Glcp-(1→3)-[β-D- Glcp-(1→6)]-β-D-Glcp were synthesized as their methoxyphenyl glycosides in a concise way with a trisaccharide as the building block.