title: Synthesis of nigero-oligosaccharides.
abstract: Nigerose [alpha-D-Glcp-(1----3)-D-Glcp], nigerotriose, nigerotetraose, and nigeropentaose have been synthesized by chain elongation starting at the reducing end, from the corresponding octa-, undeca-, tetradeca-, and heptadeca-beta-D-acetates, respectively, via thioglycoside-mediated 1,2-cis coupling, using 1,2,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranose as the glucosyl acceptor and methyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranoside, methyl 3-O-allyl-2,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and methyl O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1----3)-2,4,6-tri-O- benzyl-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranoside as the donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004187:Disaccharides; D005936:Glucans / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D005936:Glucans; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C014637:laminaribiose