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Total synthesis of α-1 C-galactosylceramide, an immunostimulatory C-glycosphingolipid, and confirmation of the stereochemistry in the first-generation synthesis
Liu, Zheng,Byun, Hoe-Sup,Bittman, Robert
, p. 8588 - 8598 (2011/12/15)
A nonisosteric α-C-glycoside analogue of KRN7000 (α-1C-GalCer, 1) was reported to induce a selective type of cytokine release in human invariant natural killer cells in vitro. We report here a very concise synthetic route to 1 and its analogue 1′. The key steps include olefin cross-metathesis, Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation, and epoxide opening by NaN3/NH4Cl. Inversion of configuration at the amide-bearing carbon in the phytosphingosine backbone constructed by epoxide opening in our previous synthesis of 1 was verified, indicating that remote group participation is not involved during the epoxide-opening reaction.