Synthesis of lactoside glycodendrons using photoaddition and reductive amination methodologies
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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
Alshakim Nelson1, J Fraser Stoddart
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Abstract:
Carbohydrate-based divalent and tetravalent lactoside glycodendrons were constructed in a convergent manner. The dendrons were synthesized beginning with the photoaddition of hepta-O-acetyl-1-thio-beta-lactose, in an anti-Markovnikov manner, to a bis-allyl AB2 trisaccharide to form a divalent dendron. Following two nearly quantitative deprotection steps, the divalent lactoside was coupled to another AB2 trisaccharide by reductive amination to afford a tetravalent dendron. These paucivalent compounds were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
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