1253376-13-4Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of oligomers of β- L-arabinofuranosides of (4 R)-4-hydroxy- l -proline relevant to the mugwort pollen allergen, art v 1
Xie, Ning,Taylor, Carol M.
, p. 7459 - 7467 (2014)
An efficient, convergent solution phase synthesis of monomer, dimer, trimer and tetramer of the β-l-arabinofuranosylated hydroxyproline (β-l-Araf-Hyp) glycocluster is described. This motif constitutes the carbohydrate-specific epitope of Art v 1, the major allergen of mugwort pollen. While a single monomeric unit was proposed at the outset, poor yields for the seemingly trivial steps of end-capping to replace protecting groups with N-terminal acetamides and C-terminal methyl amides led to the introduction of N-terminal, central and C-terminal β-l-Araf-Hyp building blocks. Dimer 2 was obtained in 60% yield by coupling of two monomers, followed by hydrogenolysis of benzyl ether protecting groups. Trimer 3 was obtained in 35% yield via a [2 + 1] coupling and tetramer 4 in 15% yield via a [2 + 2] fragment condensation. Circular dichroism spectra show that monomer 1 displays no organized structure, whereas compounds 2-4 show a strong negative band at 200 nm and a weak positive band at ～220 mn, as is characteristic of the polyproline II helix.
Synthesis of a dimer of β-(1,4)-l-arabinosyl-(2 S,4 R)-4-hydroxyproline inspired by art v 1, the major allergen of mugwort
Xie, Ning,Taylor, Carol M.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4968 - 4971 (2010/12/25)
Nα-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-l-trans-4-hydroxyproline allyl ester (Boc-Hyp-OAll) was glycosylated with 2,3,5-tri-O-benzyl-l-arabinose p-cresylthioglycoside in 60% yield with 4:1 β:α stereoselectivity. Deprotection of N- and C-terminii independently gave a prolyl amine and prolyl carboxylate respectively that were coupled under standard conditions with 1-[bis-(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo-[4,5,b]-pyridininium hexafluorophosphate 3-oxide (N-HATU) to give the dimer 1 in 46% yield. These results represent the first steps toward the production of homogeneous oligomers to determine the minimal epitope of the Art v 1 allergen.
