Partially benzylated oxazoline derivatives of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose as “standardized intermediates” for oligosaccharide synthesis. preparation of disaccharides having the sequences β-D-GlcpNAc(1→x)-D-Gal and β-D-GlcpNAc(1→4)-D-GlcNAc

The application of the intermediate 2-methyl-glyco-[2,1-d]-2-oxazolines for glycoside synthesis

The synthesis of 2-acylamino-2-deoxysugars 1,2-trans-glycosides is described via the oxazolinium salt generated from an O,N-acetylated 1,2-cis-glycosyl halide of 2-amino-2-deoxysugar under the conditions of halide-anion catalysis. This salt was then interacted with alcohol to form the corresponding 1,2-trans-glycoside. A method for removing the generated hydrogen chloride is described. The conditions of this synthesis allow glycosides with acid-labile functional groups to be obtained. Suppression of the anomerisation of 1,2-trans-glycosides was achieved by the introduction of N,N'-dicyclohexyl urea into the reaction medium.

Synthesis of lysine-containing fragments of the Proteus mirabilis O27 O-specific polysaccharide and neoglycoconjugates therefrom

Amide-linked lysine mono- and di-uronic acid fragments of the O-specific polysaccharide from P. mirabilis O27 have been synthesised. N epsilon-Boc-L-lysine tert-butyl ester was condensed with 2-azidoethyl glycosides of glucuronic acid and beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3)-beta-D-GlcpA. Transformation of the products into 2-acrylamidoethyl glycosides, followed by deprotection using trifluoroacetic acid, gave the target monomers that were converted into high-molecular-weight copolymer-type neoglycoconjugates.

Synthesis of a close analog of the repeating unit of the antifreeze glycoproteins of polar fish

The protected glycopeptide N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-alanyl-[O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-beta-D- galactopyranosyl)-(1----3)-O-(2,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosy l)- (1----3)]-L-threonyl-L-alanine 2,2,2-trichloroethyl ester was made by coupling the respective disaccharide and tripeptide blocks. The disaccharide block was generated by coupling tetra-O-benzoyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl bromide to allyl 2,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranoside and converting the product into O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1----3)-2,4,6-tri-O -benzyl - alpha-D-galactopyranosyl chloride via the 1-propenyl glycoside and the free (1-OH) sugar. Alternatively, the 1-propenyl intermediate was obtained directly by using 1-propenyl 2,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranoside as the acceptor in the initial coupling reaction. An efficient 3-step synthesis of 10 was accomplished by the dibutyltin oxide-assisted, selective crotylation of allyl alpha-D-galactopyranoside at O-3, followed by benzylation and treatment of the product with potassium tert-butoxide. The N-benzyloxycarbonyl (Z) and N-tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) 2,2,2-trichloroethyl esters of Thr-Ala and Ala-Thr-Ala were formed by sequential coupling. The silver triflate-promoted glycosylation of the Z-protected dipeptide and tripeptide by 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl chloride, and of the tripeptide by 6, proceeded with excellent alpha-stereoselectivity. From the disaccharide tripeptide 21, the carboxyl-deprotected and fully deprotected derivatives were prepared.

A convenient synthetic route to the disaccharide repeating-unit of peptidoglycan

Glycosylation of the readily accessible benzyl 2-acetamido-6-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-3-O-[(R)-1-(methoxycarbonyl)ethyl]-alpha- D- glucopyranoside with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranosyl chloride (2), using the silver triflate method in the absence of a base, afforded 65-70% of the fully protected [beta-D-GlcNPhth-(1----4)-MurNAc] methyl ester derivative 4, the structure of which was ascertained on the basis of 500-MHz 1H-n.m.r. data. 2,2'-Dideoxy-2,2'-diphthalimido-beta,beta-trehalose hexa-acetate was a by-product. Removal of the Phth group from 4, followed by acetylation, yielded 90% of the acetylated 1,6-di-O-benzyl derivative 5, which, on saponification and catalytic hydrogenation, afforded 2-acetamido-4-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3-O-[(R)-1- carboxyethyl]-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose. Similarly, 5 was converted into the acetylated methyl ester derivative, which, on selective removal of the methyl ester group, gave benzyl 2-acetamido-4-O-(2-acetamido-3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-beta-D- glucopyranosyl)-6-O-benzyl-3-O-[(R)-1-carboxyethyl]-2-deoxy-alpha-D- glucopyranoside. An alternative route for the preparation of 2 is described.

The assembly of oligosaccharides from "standardized intermediates": beta-(1----3)-linked oligomers of D-galactose

Several 2-O-benzoyl-4,6-di-O-benzyl-3-O-R-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl chlorides, designed as general precursors of beta-linked, interior D-galactopyranosyl residues in oligosaccharides, were tested in a sequential synthesis of the galactotriose beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-D-Gal (19). The chlorides having R = tetrahydro-2-pyranyl and tert-butyldimethylsilyl gave excellent results, whereas those having R = 3-benzoylpropionyl and chloroacetyl were unsatisfactory. An activated disaccharide block (17), having R = 2,3-di-O-benzoyl-4,6-di-O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl, was also prepared and tested as a glycosyl donor. The coupling of 17 to 1-propenyl 2-O-benzoyl-4,6-di-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (14), in the molar ratio 1.13:1, gave 64% of a trisaccharide derivative (18) that could be converted into 19. This latter synthesis of 19 is efficient because all three galactose units are derived from 14 or its immediate precursor.

Protected glycosides and disaccharides of 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose by ferric chloride-catalyzed coupling

The ferric chloride-catalyzed glycosylation of hydroxy compounds by protected 2-acylamino-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose 1-acetates is described. In addition to known glycosides from the reaction of alcohols with 2-acetamido-1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose (3), ally (and other alkyl) beta-glycosides were obtained from the N-benzoyl, N-phenoxyacetyl, N-methoxyacetyl, N-chloroacetyl, and N-phthaloyl congeners of 3. The latter compounds, except for the N-phthaloyl derivative, gave oxazolines in the absence of an alcoholic reactant. Compound 3 and the related N-benzoyl, N-chloroacetyl, N-acetyl-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl, and N-acetyl-4-O-acetyl-3,6-di-O-benzyl derivatives were coupled to one or more protected sugars to form protected, beta-linked disaccharides. Coupling at the 6-positions of acceptors proceeded smoothly and gave 67-80% yields. For successful coupling at positions 3 and 4, long reaction times and multiple additions of glycosyl donor were required, and yields ranged from 60% to as low as 30%. 1,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-2-(chloroacetamido)-2-deoxy-beta-D- glucopyranose appeared to be the most reactive glycosyl donor in this series. The reaction of 2-methyl-(3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-1,2-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucopyrano)[2,1- d]-2-oxazoline (derived from 3) with allyl alcohol was catalyzed by ferric chloride, and oxazolines were detected as intermediates in some of the glycosylations of protected sugars.

The synthesis of a trisaccharide and a tetrasaccharide lipid intermediate. P1-dolichyl P2-[O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-(1----4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy- beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1----4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D- glucopyranosyl] diphosphate and P1-dolichyl P2-[O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-(1----3)-O-beta-D- mannopyranosyl-(1----4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)- (1----4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl] diphosphate

Synthetic benzyl O-(2,3,4,6,-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-mannopyranosyl)-(1-4)- (2-acetamido-3,6-di-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1-4)- 2-acetamido-3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside was converted, by catalytic hydrogenolysis of the benzyl groups, followed by treatment with acetyl chloride-hydrogen chloride and then "chloride-ion catalysis", into O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl- beta-D-mannopyranosyl)-(1-4)-O-(2-acetamido-3,6-di-O-acetyl-2-deoxy beta- D-glucopyranosyl)- (1-4)-2-methyl-(3,6-di-O-acetyl-1,2-dideoxy-alpha-D- glucopyrano)-[2,1-d]-2-oxazoline. This compound was phosphorylated by treatment with dibenzyl phosphate under strictly anhydrous conditions to give after catalytic hydrogenolysis, a peracetyl trisaccharide phosphate. This was coupled with P1-dolichyl P2-diphenyl diphosphate to give, after O-deacetylation, P1-dolichyl P2-[O- beta-D-mannopyranosyl- (1-4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)- (1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl] diphosphate, a trisaccharide "lipid intermediate". O-(2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl)-(1-3)-O-(2,4,6-tri-O- acetyl-beta-D-mannopyranosyl)-(1-4)-O-(2-acetamido-3,6-di-O-acetyl-2- deoxy-beta- D-glucopyranosyl)- (1-4)-(2-acetamido-3,6-di-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl) phosphate, synthesized from O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-(1-3)-O-beta-D- mannopyranosyl-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose that had been isolated from mannosidosis urine was coupled with P1-dolichyl P2-diphenyl diphosphate to give, after O-deacetylation, P1-dolichyl P2-[O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl- (1-3)-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-(1-4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D- glucopyranosyl)-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl] diphosphate, a tetrasaccharide "lipid intermediate".

Synthesis of methyl 3-O- and 2-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha D-galactopyranoside

Condensation of methyl 2-O-benzoyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-alpha-D-galactopyranoside with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranosyl bromide (1) in dichloromethane, in the presence of silver trifluoromethanesulfonate, 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine, and molecular sieves, afforded methyl 2-O-benzoyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-3-O-(3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalim ido- beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (4). Deacetalation of 4 in hot, 80% aqueous acetic acid gave methyl 2-O-benzoyl-3-O-(3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido- beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (5), which, on deacylation, followed by peracetylation, furnished the peracetylated disaccharide derivative (6). The structures of 5 and 6 were established by 1H-n.m.r. spectroscopy. O-Deacetylation of 6 afforded the title beta-(1 leads to 3)-linked disaccharide 7. For the synthesis of the beta-(1 leads to 2)-linked isomer, methyl 3-O-benzoyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-alpha-D-galactopyranoside was similarly condensed with bromide 1 to give the fully protected disaccharide derivative (8). Cleavage of the benzylidene group of 8 gave methyl 3-O-benzoyl-2-O-(3,4,6- tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha-D- galactopyranoside (9). Deacetylation of 9, followed by peracetylation, afforded the peracetate (10). O-Deacetylation of 10 gave the beta-(1 leads to 2)-linked disaccharide (11). The structures of the disaccharides 7 and 11 were confirmed by 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy.

Oligosaccharides from "standardized intermediates". Synthesis of a branched tetrasaccharide glycoside isomeric with the blood-group B, type 2 determinant

Building block derivatives of the component monosaccharides were used to construct the tetrasaccharide glycoside 15, in which an alpha-D-Galp-(1 leads to 4)-D-Gal linkage replaces the alpha-(1 leads to 3) linkage of the human blood-group B, type 2, determinant structure. The initial coupling of 2-O-benzoyl-3,6-di-O-benzyl-4-O-(tetrahydropyran-2-yl)-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl chloride to allyl 2-acetamido-3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside was followed by selective deprotection of the disaccharide product, either at O-4' (to give 8) or O-2' (to give 3). The conversion of 8 into 15 involved successive coupling with tetra-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl bromide (8 leads to 11), O-debenzoylation at O-2' (11 leads to 12), coupling with tri-O-benzyl-alpha-L-fucopyranosyl bromide (12 leads to 14), and O-debenzylation by hydrogenolysis (14 leads to 15). Alternatively, 3 was alpha-L-fucosylated to give 6, and 6 was selectively deprotected at O-4' to give 7. However, attempts to alpha-D-galactosylate 7 were unsuccessful. The unsubstituted forms of the intermediate disaccharide (8) and trisaccharide (12) glycosides were obtained by appropriate deblocking procedures.

Synthesis and immunoadjuvant activities of the repeating, disaccharide-dipeptide unit of the bacterial, cell-wall peptidoglycan and of some carbohydrate analogs

The repeating disaccharide-dipeptide units of the bacterial, cell-wall peptidoglycan, one being O-(N-acetyl-beta-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine)-(1 leads to 4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, and the other, O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucosyl)-(1 leads to 4)-N-acetyl-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, have been synthesized. Some carbohydrate analogs, such as O-(N-acetyl-beta-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine)-(1 leads to 4)-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, O-beta-D-glucosyl-(1 leads to 4)-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, and O-(6-acetamido-6-deoxy-beta-D-glucosyl)-(1 leads to 4)-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, were also synthesized. Their immunoadjuvant activities were examined in guinea-pigs.