Semisynthesis of Complex-Type Biantennary Oligosaccharides Containing Lactosamine Repeating Units from a Biantennary Oligosaccharide Isolated from a Natural Source

J Org Chem. 2018 Jan 5;83(1):443-451. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02485. Epub 2017 Dec 26.

Abstract

Poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) structures on glycoproteins play important roles in essential biological events such as cell-cell adhesion. Here, we report a new strategy for the semisynthesis of LacNAc-extended complex-type biantennary oligosaccharides. We found an efficient isopropylidenation reaction that selectively protects the terminal Gal-3,4-OH of a biantennary complex-type nonasaccharide isolated from a natural source. This finding enabled the conversion of the nonasaccharide into the two types of oligosaccharides containing di-LacNAc units at one or two antennae via ten-step chemical sequences.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't