title: Synthesis of tri- and tetrasaccharide fragments of the Shigella dysenteriae type 1 O-antigen deoxygenated and fluorinated at position 3 of the methyl alpha-D-galactopyranoside terminus.
abstract: The blockwise synthesis of methyl alpha tri- and tetrasaccharide analogs of the biochemical repeating unit of the Shigella dysenteriae type 1 O-polysaccharide is described. Modifications include deoxygenation and deoxyfluorination at position 3 of the galactopyranoside residue. Methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-3-deoxy-alpha-D-xylo-hexopyranoside (8) and methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (9) were condensed with (2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-(1-->3) -2,4-di-O-benzoyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl chloride to give, after deprotection, the target trisaccharide methyl alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-3-deoxy-alpha-D-xylo-hexopyranoside and the corresponding fluorinated oligosaccharide. For the tetrasaccharide synthesis, the glycosyl acceptors 8 and 9 were condensed with the temporarily protected (2,4-di-O-benzoyl-3-O-chloroacetyl-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl)-(1-->3)-2,4-di-O-benzoyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl chloride. Removal of the chloroacetyl group was followed by condensation of the resulting selectively deblocked trisaccharides with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl chloride. Reduction and deprotection then gave the free methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy- alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl- (1-->3)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-3-deoxy-alpha-D-xylo-hexopyra noside and the fluorinated analog.
authors.affiliation: NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. lmulard@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mulard
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Glaudemans
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005461:Fluorine; D008756:Methylgalactosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008756:Methylgalactosides; D019081:O Antigens; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D005461:Fluorine