138479-77-3

Upstream product

• 100-51-6 benzyl alcohol 
• 98-88-4 benzoyl chloride 
• 10548-61-5 benzyl-β-D-xylopyranoside 

Downstream Products

• 138479-81-9 Benzyl 2,3-O-di-O-benzoyl-4-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)-β-D-xylopyranoside 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis of Glucuronoxylan Hexasaccharides by Preactivation-Based Glycosylations

The synthesis of two glucuronoxylans is described, which both consist of a pentaxylan backbone and a glucuronic acid linked to the 2 position in the fourth xylose residue from the reducing end. The two target molecules differ in the 4 position of the glucuronic acid where one is unsubstituted while the other contains a methyl ether. The pentaxylan backbone is assembled in four glycosylation reactions with phenyl thioglycoside donors. The couplings are performed by preactivation of the donor with in-situ-generated p-nitrobenzenesulfenyl triflate prior to addition of the acceptor. The glucuronic acids are then attached by Koenigs-Knorr glycosylations followed by deprotections. The syntheses employ a total of 8 steps from monosaccharide building blocks and afford the two glucuronoxylans in 12 and 15 % overall yield. The hexasaccharide products are valuable substrates for investigating the activity and specificity of glucuronoxylan-degrading enzymes.

Synthesis of glycopeptides from the carbohydrate-protein linkage region of proteoglycans

2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-benzoyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate was condensed with benzyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-β-D-xylopyranoside to give the corresponding β-(1->4)-linked disaccharide derivative, which was transformed into 2,3-di-O-benzoyl-4-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)-α-D-xylopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate.This glycosyl donor was condensed with a set of selectively C,N-protected L-seryl-glycine dipeptide units.Selective deblocking at the C- or N-termini of the glycosylated or non-glycosylated dipeptide segments, and coupling using the mixed-anhydride procedure allowed the construction in high yield of partially or fully glycosylated oligopeptides from the carbohydrate-protein linkage region of proteoglycans.