title: Towards the synthesis of a Yersinia pestis cell wall polysaccharide: enantioselective synthesis of an L-glycero-D-manno-heptose building block.
abstract: A short and enantioselective de novo synthesis of an L-glycero-D-manno-heptose building block for the total synthesis of a Yersinia pestis cell wall polysaccharide is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14776 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adibekian
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stallforth
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Seeberger
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D006539:Heptoses / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007536:Isomerism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006539:Heptoses; D011134:Polysaccharides; C026312:glycero-manno-heptose