Synthesis of 5-fluoro N-acetylglucosamine glycosides and pyrophosphates via epoxide fluoridolysis: versatile reagents for the study of glycoconjugate biochemistry.
Numerous carbohydrate-processing enzymes facilitate catalysis via stabilization of positive charges on or near the C-1, C-4, C-5, or C-6 positions. Substrate analogues differing only in the substitution of a fluorine for the axial C-5 hydrogen would possess reduced electron density at these positions and could be useful mechanistic probes of these enzymes. Introduction of this 5-fluoro substituent after radical halogenation was problematic because of the incompatibility of many protecting groups to the radical halogenation and the instability of the subsequent 5-fluoro hexosamines. Thus, to allow easy access to a wide variety of 5-fluoro glycosides and glycosyl phosphates, a versatile method for the introduction of the 5-fluoro group has been developed, the key step being the fluoridolysis of C-5, 6 epoxides. By use of this method, two fluorinated carbohydrates, uridine 5'-diphospho-5-fluoro-N-acetylglucosamine and octyl 5-fluoro-N-acetylglucosamine, have been synthesized. Initial biochemical investigations of these compounds show that 5-fluoro analogues are useful probes of transition-state charge development in several enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1055, USA.
Matthew C T
MC
Hartman
James K
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Coward
D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000737:chemistry*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006027:Glycosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D019998:Racemases and Epimerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D006001:Glycoconjugates; D006027:Glycosides; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated; D010755:Organophosphates; D016695:Glycosyltransferases; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D019998:Racemases and Epimerases; D000117:Acetylglucosamine