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Published on: July 6, 2012
Synthesis of two heptasaccharide analogues of the lentinan repeating unit
Wei Zhao1, Guangbin Yang, Fanzuo Kong
1Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Academia Sinica, PO Box 2871, Beijing 100085, PR China.
Abstract:
beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-[beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->6)]-beta-D-Glcp (18) and the allyl glycoside of beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-[beta-D-Glcp-(1-->6)]-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)[-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->6)]-alpha-D-Glcp (29) were synthesized as the analogues of the lentinan repeating heptaose by building the pentasaccharide backbones first, followed by attaching the side chains. 4,6-O-benzylidenated mono-13 or disaccharide 8 were used as the acceptor to ensure the beta linkage in the synthesis of 18, while 4,6-O-benzylidenated disaccharides 21 and 23 were used as the donor and acceptor, respectively, to ensure the beta linkage in the synthesis of 29.
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