Development of New Strategies for Expeditious Oligosaccharide Synthesis

The important role that carbohydrates play in biology and medicine has been the major incentive for devising new methods for chemical and enzymatic glycosylation. The chemical approach to oligosaccharides involves multiple synthetic steps and the development of new strategies that allow for streamlining the synthesis of these complex biomolecules is a significant area of research. The aim of this doctoral dissertation is to develop new reagents and efficient methodologies for oligosaccharide synthesis. It was found that siver(I) tetrafluoroborate can be used as a powerful activator of various glycosyl donors for oligosaccharide synthesis. This study evolved into the development of a very effective orthogonal strategy which allowed for the synthesis of a variety of oligosaccharide sequences with moderate stereoselectivity. Further studies showed that the improvement of stereoselectivity of glycosylation can be achieved in two different modes. First, we found that electron withdrawing protecting groups on the glycosyl acceptor can help to obtain excellent alpha-stereoselectivity. Second, the stereoselectivity of glycosidation of thioglycosides in the presence of bromine depends greatly on the anomeric orientation of the leaving group. The mechanistic studies of this phenomenon were conducted using high field NMR and the developed methodology was applied to the synthesis of a range of therapeutically attractive carbohydrate-amino acid conjugates

Saccharide conjugates

The invention provides a series of novel Lipid A analogs that are structually simple, synthetically accessible, and capable of blocking the cellular receptor within the signal transduction pathway. The novel Lipid A analogs can include a monosaccharide core with hydrophobic side chains and amino acid ionic motif. The invention further provides methods of using the compounds and compositions thereof in various therapeutic methods. For the most up-to-date information about these patents, including the availability of Certificates of Correction, be sure to check the United States Patent and Trademark Office\u27s free, publicly accessible database: Patent Public Search https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.htmlhttps://irl.umsl.edu/patents/1033/thumbnail.jp