title: Total synthesis of alpha-galactosyl cerebroside.
abstract: A highly convergent synthetic approach was developed to obtain alpha-galactosyl cerebroside O-(alpha-D-galactopyranosyl)-2-hexacosylamino-D-ribo-1,3,4-octa decantriol, which has previously been demonstrated to have immunostimulatory activity. Known 4,6-O-benzylidene galactose was the starting material for both the required alpha-galactosyl and the phytosphingosine building blocks O-(2,3-di-O-benzyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-D-galactopyranosyl) trichloroacetimidate (4) and 2-O-methanesulfonyl-D-arabino-1,2,3,4-octadecantetrol (5). The key step of the synthetic strategy is the highly regio- and stereoselective O-galactosylation of 1,3,4-O-unprotected phytosphingosine acceptor 5 using known 4 as donor. The total synthesis required only 11 synthetic steps starting from galactose.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät Chemie, Universität Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Figueroa-Pérez
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D005699:Galactosylceramides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D005699:Galactosylceramides; D008024:Ligands; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell