title: Conformational study of synthetic delta 4-uronate monosaccharides and glycosaminoglycan-derived disaccharides.
abstract: Sixteen delta 4-uronate monosaccharides were chemically synthesized. Their carboxy group was protected as a methyl or benzyl ester, the anomeric hydroxyl group as a benzyl glycoside and the 2 and 3 hydroxyl groups were protected with different substitution patterns as both ester and ether derivatives. Disaccharides containing delta 4-uronates were prepared from heparin layses. Their carboxy group was unprotected or protected as a benzyl ester and the two hydroxyls in the uronate moiety were free, as O-sulfo derivates or acylated. The conformation of these unsaturated uronate monosaccharide and disaccharide residues was studied using 1H NMR by examining interproton vicinal coupling constants. The delta 4-uronate residue adopted either the 2H1 or the 1H2 conformations. The equilibrium between these two conformers was shown to be controlled by substitution pattern.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Bazin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capila
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Linhardt
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000737:chemistry*; D016014:Linear Models; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011522:Protons; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D009005:Monosaccharides; D011522:Protons; D014574:Uronic Acids