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• 7493-95-0 4-nitrophenyl α-D-galactoside 
• 83921-77-1 benzyl O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1<*>6)-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1<*>6)-2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranoside 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Preparation of α-galactooligoglycosides by cell walls from Cryptococcus laurentii using a novel α-galactosyl donor

The cell walls of an acapsular strain of the yeast Cryptococcus laurentii catalyze the regioselective formation of α-galactooligosaccharides through self-condensation of 4-nitrophenyl α-D-galactopyranoside and of a novel activated α-galactosyl donor 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl α-D-galactopyranoside. The latter substance can be easily prepared by several methods and is highly soluble in water and therefore can be used in higher initial concentrations suppressing secondary product hydrolysis. The preparative reaction catalyzed by cell walls provided 17.4% and 2% of corresponding 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl galactobioside and galactotrioside, respectively, while the reaction with 4-nitrophenyl α-D-galactopyranoside provided the corresponding 4-nitrophenyl galactobioside and galactotrioside in 6.6 and 2.5% yields, respectively. The reactions proceeded with strict α-(1 → 6)-regioselectivity.

Mode of action of a β-(1→6)-glucanase from Penicillium multicolor

β-(1→6)-Glucanase from the culture filtrate of Penicillium multicolor LAM7153 was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, followed by cation-exchange and affinity chromatography using gentiotetraose (Gen 4) as ligand. The hydrolytic mode of action of the purified protein on β-(1→6)-glucan (pustulan) was elucidated in real time during the reaction by HPAEC-PAD analysis. Gentiooligosaccharides (DP 2-9, Gen 2-9), methyl β-gentiooligosides (DP 2-6, Gen2-6 β-OMe), and p-nitrophenyl β-gentiooligosides (DP 2-6, Gen 2-6 β-pNP) were used as substrates to provide analytical insight into how the cleavage of pustulan (DP? 320) is actually achieved by the enzyme. The enzyme was shown to completely hydrolyze pustulan in three steps as follows. In the initial stage, the enzyme quickly cleaved the glucan with a pattern resembling an endo-hydrolase to produce a short-chain glucan (DP? 45) as an intermediate. In the midterm stage, the resulting short-chain glucan was further cleaved into two fractions corresponding to DP 15-7 and DP 2-4 with great regularity. In the final stage, the lower oligomers corresponding to DP 3 and DP 4 were very slowly hydrolyzed into glucose and gentiobiose (Gen 2). As a result, the hydrolytic cooperation of both an endo-type and saccharifying-type reaction by a single enzyme, which plays a bifunctional role, led to complete hydrolysis of the glucan. Thus, β-(1→6)-glucanase varies its mode of action depending on the chain length derived from the glucan.

Rapid oligosaccharide synthesis on a fluorous support

The novel fluorous support Hfb (hexakisfluorous chain-type butanoyl) was easily prepared. The Hfb group was readily introduced into the anomeric hydroxyl group of a carbohydrate, and was recyclable after cleavage. The use of the Hfb group was applicable for the rapid oligosaccharide synthesis in which the synthetic intermediates could be purified using fluorous and normal organic solvents. Each synthetic intermediate could be monitored by TLC, NMR and mass spectrometry. Graphical Abstract

Dehydrative Glycosylation Using Heptabenzyl Derivatives of Glucobioses and Lactose

Dehydrative glycosylations of the 2-, 3-, 4-, and 6-OH groups of D-glucopyranose with hepta-O-benzyl derivatives of glucobioses (O-D-glucopyranosyl-(1->n)-D-glucopyranose; n = 2, 3, 4, or 6) and lactose, in the presence of a ternary mixture of p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride, silver trifluoromethanesulfonate, and triethylamine in dichloromethane showed that the selectivity of the reaction depended on the anomeric configuration and the linking position to the reducing tribenzylglucose moiety of the nonreducing tetrabenzylglucosyl residue and on the class of the OH group to be glycosylated.The use of a quaternary mixture of p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride, silver trifluoromethanesulfonate, N,N-dimethylacetamide, and triethylamine made all but the β(1->2)-linked biosyl donor undergo α-condensation.Several new linear trisaccharides were obtained via debenzylation of the condensates.