title: Synthesis of the aminocyclopentitol moieties of the hopanoids of Zymomonas mobilis and 'Anacystis montana'.
abstract: The first synthesis of the cyclopentitol units in bacterial hopanoids has been accomplished from D-glucosamine and the possible biological activity of the free cyclitols as glycosidase inhibitors has been studied.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química Orgánica General, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3. Madrid, Spain. jl.chiara@iqog.csic.es
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chiara
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Storch de Gracia
authors.forename: Agatha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bastida
mesh_terms: D000605:Amino Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005959:Glucosidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D017355:Zymomonas / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000605:Amino Alcohols; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D014315:Triterpenes; D005959:Glucosidases