title: Synthesis of the pentasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the antigen from Shigella dysenteriae type 4 in the form of its methyl ester 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl glycoside.
abstract: Starting from D-mannose, D-glucose and L-fucose, the pentasaccharide derivative methyl 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-alpha-L-fucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2-O-acetyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2-O-acetyl-6-O-benzyl-4-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-alpha-L-fucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl 2,3-di-O-benzyl-beta-D-glucopyranosid]uronate was synthesized. This compound with two alpha-mannopyranosyl units was transformed, via Walden inversion and subsequent deprotection, into the alpha-D-glucosamine-type target compound, namely methyl alpha-L-fucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-(alpha-L-fucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl beta-D-glucopyranosid]uronate which is related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from Shigella dysenteriae type 4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, 700 032, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: Balaram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Nirmolendu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006031:Glycosylation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000276:immunology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens; D009844:Oligosaccharides