title: Total synthesis of VIM-2 ganglioside isolated from human chronic myelogenous leukemia cells.
abstract: A total synthesis of the tumor-associated glycolipid antigen, VIM-2, is described [2]. Phenyl 2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-6-O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-6-O-benzy l-2- deoxy-2-phthalimido-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7), a key intermediate prepared by condensation of phenyl 6-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranoside (6) and 2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-6-O-benzyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl bromide (5), was glycosylated with methyl 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-1-thio-beta-L-fucopyranoside (8) to give the trisaccharide donor 9, which, on coupling with 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl 2,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-2,3,6-tri-O-benzyl-be ta-D- glucopyranoside (10), afforded the pentasaccharide 11. The regioselective glycosylation of 12 (derived by O-debenzoylation of 11) with 7 gave the heptasaccharide 13, which was converted by treatment with hydrazine monohydrate and subsequent N-acetylation into the hexasaccharide acceptor 14. The stereo- and regio-selective glycosylation of 14 with methyl (phenyl 5-acetamido-4,7,8,9-O-benzoyl-3,5-dideoxy-2-thio-D-glycero-beta-D-galact o-2- nonulopyranosid)onate (16) gave the desired octasaccharide 18. Hydrogenolytic removal of the benzyl groups in 18 and successive O-acetylation, removal of the 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl group, and treatment with trichloroacetonitrile gave the alpha-trichloro-acetimidate 21, which was then coupled with (2S,3R,4E)-2-azido-3-O-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)-4-octade cene-1,3-diol (22) to give 23. Compound 23 was transformed, via selective reduction of the azido group, N-introduction of octadecanoic acid, O-desilylation, O-deacylation, and saponification of the methyl ester group, into the title VIM-2 ganglioside 26.
authors.affiliation: Nisshin Oil Mills, Ltd, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ehara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C070946:VIM-2 determinant