61 research outputs found
<i>De Novo</i> Synthesis of the Bacterial 2-Amino-2,6-Dideoxy Sugar Building Blocks d‑Fucosamine, d‑Bacillosamine, and d‑Xylo-6-deoxy-4-ketohexosamine
The cell-surface glycans on bacteria contain many monosaccharides that cannot be obtained by isolation from natural sources. Availability of differentially protected monosaccharides is therefore often limiting access to potential oligosaccharide vaccine antigens. d-Fucosamine, d-bacillosamine, and d-xylo-2,6-deoxy-4-ketohexosamine building blocks were prepared via a divergent <i>de novo</i> synthesis from l-Garner aldehyde. The route relies on a chelation-control assisted organometallic addition and an <i>anti</i>-selective dihydroxylation reaction
<i>De Novo</i> Synthesis of the Bacterial 2-Amino-2,6-Dideoxy Sugar Building Blocks d‑Fucosamine, d‑Bacillosamine, and d‑Xylo-6-deoxy-4-ketohexosamine
The cell-surface glycans on bacteria contain many monosaccharides that cannot be obtained by isolation from natural sources. Availability of differentially protected monosaccharides is therefore often limiting access to potential oligosaccharide vaccine antigens. d-Fucosamine, d-bacillosamine, and d-xylo-2,6-deoxy-4-ketohexosamine building blocks were prepared via a divergent <i>de novo</i> synthesis from l-Garner aldehyde. The route relies on a chelation-control assisted organometallic addition and an <i>anti</i>-selective dihydroxylation reaction
<i>De Novo</i> Synthesis of the Bacterial 2-Amino-2,6-Dideoxy Sugar Building Blocks d‑Fucosamine, d‑Bacillosamine, and d‑Xylo-6-deoxy-4-ketohexosamine
The cell-surface glycans on bacteria contain many monosaccharides that cannot be obtained by isolation from natural sources. Availability of differentially protected monosaccharides is therefore often limiting access to potential oligosaccharide vaccine antigens. d-Fucosamine, d-bacillosamine, and d-xylo-2,6-deoxy-4-ketohexosamine building blocks were prepared via a divergent <i>de novo</i> synthesis from l-Garner aldehyde. The route relies on a chelation-control assisted organometallic addition and an <i>anti</i>-selective dihydroxylation reaction
Total Synthesis of Legionaminic Acid as Basis for Serological Studies
Legionaminic
acid is a nine-carbon diamino monosaccharide that
is found coating the surface of various bacterial human pathogens.
Its unique structure makes it a valuable biological probe, but access
via isolation is difficult and no practical synthesis has been reported.
We describe a stereoselective synthesis that yields a legionaminic
acid building block as well as linker-equipped conjugation-ready legionaminic
acid starting from cheap d-threonine. To set the desired
amino and hydroxyl group pattern of the target, we designed a concise
sequence of stereoselective reactions. The key transformations rely
on chelation-controlled organometallic additions and a Petasis multicomponent
reaction. The legionaminic acid was synthesized in a form that enables
attachment to surfaces. Glycan microarray containing legionaminic
acid revealed that human antibodies bind the synthetic glycoside.
The synthetic bacterial monosaccharide is a valuable probe to detect
an immune response to bacterial pathogens such as Legionella
pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaire’s
disease
<i>De Novo</i> Synthesis of l-Colitose and l-Rhodinose Building Blocks
A divergent, practical, and efficient <i>de novo</i> synthesis
of fully functionalized l-colitose (3,6-dideoxy-l-galactose), 2-<i>epi</i>-colitose (3,6-dideoxy-l-talose), and l-rhodinose (2,3,6-trideoxy-l-galactose)
building blocks has been achieved using inexpensive, commercially
available (<i>S</i>)-ethyl lactate as the starting material.
The routes center around a diastereoselective Cram-chelated allylation
that provides a common homoallylic alcohol intermediate. Oxidation
of this common intermediate finally resulted in the synthesis of the
three monosaccharide building blocks
Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Glycosylations in Continuous Flow
The use of versatile alkynyl-building
blocks that are activated
by goldÂ(I)-catalysis is demonstrated to efficiently generate a variety
of glycosides in continuous flow. The application of a continuous
flow setting to goldÂ(I)-catalyzed glycosylations enables very short
reaction times and excellent control of the reaction conditions
Total Synthesis of Legionaminic Acid as Basis for Serological Studies
Legionaminic
acid is a nine-carbon diamino monosaccharide that
is found coating the surface of various bacterial human pathogens.
Its unique structure makes it a valuable biological probe, but access
via isolation is difficult and no practical synthesis has been reported.
We describe a stereoselective synthesis that yields a legionaminic
acid building block as well as linker-equipped conjugation-ready legionaminic
acid starting from cheap d-threonine. To set the desired
amino and hydroxyl group pattern of the target, we designed a concise
sequence of stereoselective reactions. The key transformations rely
on chelation-controlled organometallic additions and a Petasis multicomponent
reaction. The legionaminic acid was synthesized in a form that enables
attachment to surfaces. Glycan microarray containing legionaminic
acid revealed that human antibodies bind the synthetic glycoside.
The synthetic bacterial monosaccharide is a valuable probe to detect
an immune response to bacterial pathogens such as Legionella
pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaire’s
disease
Chemoselective Photoredox Synthesis of Unprotected Primary Amines Using Ammonia
Unprotected α-amino carbon
radicals are produced as novel
intermediates via a transformation that merges acid-promoted N–H
imine generation and chemoselective photocatalytic single-electron
reduction. Coupling ammonia and aldehydes/ketones allows the generation
of primary amines under mild conditions without the need for protecting
groups. The key intermediate can be efficiently transformed into primary
(di)Âamines by a formal dimerization, reductive amination via hydrogen
atom transfer, and arylation through radical–radical coupling
Visible-Light-Mediated Achmatowicz Rearrangement
Visible-light-mediated
photoredox catalysis is a viable method
to access highly reactive intermediates from cheap, readily available,
and shelf-stable reagents to perform clean chemical transformations.
Here, we report the first photoredox-catalyzed Achmatowicz reaction
of furfuryl alcohol derivatives to produce functionalized dihydropyranones
while only forming easily separable NaHSO<sub>4</sub> as a byproduct.
The water solubility of the byproduct facilitates direct Boc-protection
of the resulting hemiacetal without the need for column purification.
The reaction is very robust and permits the use of various aqueous
solutions and light sources including sunlight
Determining Substrate Specificities of β1,4-Endogalactanases Using Plant Arabinogalactan Oligosaccharides Synthesized by Automated Glycan Assembly
Pectin is a structurally
complex plant polysaccharide with many
industrial applications in food products. The structural elucidation
of pectin is aided by digestion assays with glycosyl hydrolases. We
report the automated glycan assembly of oligosaccharides related to
the arabinogalactan side chains of pectin as novel biochemical tools
to determine the substrate specificities of endogalactanases. Analysis
of the digestion products revealed different requirements for the
lengths and arabinose substitution pattern of the oligosaccharides
to be recognized and hydrolyzed by the galactanases
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