title: Synthesis of 3-deoxy-2-octulosonic acid derivatives and characterisation of their 3-deoxyoctitols.
abstract: The diethyl dithioacetals of D-altrose, D-idose, and D-talose were used to synthesise the respective O-benzyl aldehydo-sugars as intermediates for the synthesis of 3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-gluco/manno-3-deoxy-D-glycero-L-gulo/ido -, and 3-deoxy-D-glycero-L-allo/altro-octonate derivatives, respectively. After reduction and deprotection, the respective 3-deoxyoctitols were obtained. For the synthesis of 3-deoxy-D-glycero-L-galacto/talo-octitol, 2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-D-gulono-1,4-lactone was transformed by reduction and selective oxidation at C-1 to the aldehydo-D-gulose, from which the 3-deoxy-D-glycero-L-galacto/talo-octonate was synthesised. Carboxyl- and carbonyl-reduction and deprotection gave the 3-deoxyoctitol. The 3-deoxyoctitols were characterised by GLC and GLC-MS in the acetylated and methylated form. The data presented here and the data published earlier [T. Krülle, O. Holst, H. Brade, and R.R. Schmidt, Carbohydr. Res., 247 (1993) 145-158] showed that methylated 3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto/talo-octitol can be distinguished by GLC from the other 3-deoxy-D-octitols and thus allows the identification of the manno configuration of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) in natural products such as the lipopolysaccharides of different Gram-negative bacteria, where Kdo is a generally occurring constituent.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Konstanz, FRG.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krülle
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brade
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holst
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009904:Optical Rotation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013400:Sugar Acids
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013400:Sugar Acids; C002532:2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate