title: Mild tagging procedures for the structural analysis of glycans.
abstract: The reductive oxyamination of model glycan structures has been investigated as a mild, alternative tagging procedure to reductive amination using O-(4-nitrobenzyl)-hydroxylamine. Oxime formation was quantitative, but the reduction step did not always go to completion. Novel O- and N-substituted 7-hydroxycoumaryl- and 3-methoxybenzylhydroxylamines were synthesized and shown to couple quantitatively with model saccharides by oxime formation and reductive hydroxyamination, respectively, under very mild, aqueous conditions. The fluorescent derivatives produced show good chromatographic and mass spectrometric properties. Both procedures are suitable for the labeling of carbohydrates and oligosaccharide fragments from glycosaminoglycan structures, such as heparin and heparan sulfate.
authors: Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors: S L
authors: SL
authors: Ramsay
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Freeman
authors: P B
authors: PB
authors: Grace
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Redmond
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006898:Hydroxylamines / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D006898:Hydroxylamines; D011134:Polysaccharides