title: Syntheses of alpha-D-galactosamine neoglycolipids.
abstract: Several N-acetyl-alpha-d-galactosamine neoglycolipids, as well as hydrophobized T and T(N) antigen analogues, were prepared for embedment onto liposomes. Three different lipidic structures were used for the anchoring, that is cholesterol, 1,3-bis(undecyloxy)propan-2-ol and 1,3-bis(3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecyloxy)propan-2-ol. Oligoethyleneglycol spacers were used to link the carbohydrate and the hydrophobic moieties; their lengths were varied in order to obtain model compounds for the selective recognition by sialyl transferases involved in cancer processes. Glycosylation reactions were optimized to sluggish amphiphilic acceptor alcohols, in order to reach good 1,2-cis-stereoselectivities and acceptable yields. This aim was achieved by using 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-d-galactopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate as the donor, trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate as the promoter and diethyl ether or mixtures of diethyl ether and dichloromethane as solvents.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique II-Glycochimie, Unité Mixte de Recherche UCBL-CNRS 5181, Université Lyon 1, Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lafont
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boullanger
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006031:Glycosylation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D005688:Galactosamine