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Published on: July 6, 2012
Synthesis of new polyether glycodendrons as oligosaccharide mimetics
Katharina Elsner1, Mike M K Boysen, Thisbe K Lindhorst
1Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry, Christiana Albertina University of Kiel, Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
Abstract:
Divalent and tetravalent glycomimetics based on polyether glycodendrons have been prepared. The branched scaffolds were decorated with galactose moieties on one hand and were elaborated into new glycodendrons of a 'mixed' type on the other, carrying both galactose and mannose moieties as biologically important sugar epitopes. All synthesized glycodendrons possess a focal point that can be employed for further derivatization and functionalization.
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