title: First synthesis of cellooctaose by a convergent synthetic method.
abstract: The first chemical synthesis of cellooctaose by a convergent synthetic method is described. A challenging glycosylation between cellotetraosyl donor 5 and acceptor 7 proceeded in a one-step reaction using a high-vacuum system for anhydrous glycosylation and minimizing imidate side reactions such as hydrolysis and glycosyl fluoride formation. Pivaloyl, allyl, and benzyl protecting groups of cellooctaose derivative 8 were completely removed with SeO2-AcOH, NaOMe-MeOH, and H2/Pd(OH)2-C, respectively. The acetylation after each deprotection step finally led to cellooctaose hexacosaacetate (20), which is useful for purification and structural identification. Finally, the acetyl derivative 20 was deacetylated with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) in 20% MeOH-CH2Cl2 to give pure cellooctaose (21). The analogous synthetic route to the present convergent synthetic design of cellooctaose may be a most promising one that enables us to synthesize cellulose with a defined degree of polymerization (dp).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan. tnishi@ffpri.affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakatsubo
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013780:Tetroses / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D013780:Tetroses; C048468:cellotetraose; D002482:Cellulose