Synthesis 2021; 53(14): 2435-2448
DOI: 10.1055/a-1440-9386
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Convergent Synthesis of Branched β-Glucan Tridecasaccharides Ready for Conjugation

Xin Zhou
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
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Qing Long
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
,
Dongwei Li
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
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Jingru Gao
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
,
Qikai Sun
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
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Shaozi Sun
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
,
Yong Su
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
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Peng Wang
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
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Wenjie Peng
b   Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. of China
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Ming Li
a   Key Laboratory of Marine Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. of China
c   Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, P. R. of China
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We are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science­ Foundation of China (Nos. 21672194 and 21977088), the National­ Natural Science Foundation of China-Shandong Joint Fund (No. U1906213), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2018MB015).


Abstract

Structurally defined and pure oligosaccharides corresponding to β-glucans have attracted great attention because of their potential properties as immunostimulating agents and as antigens of vaccine candidates. We herein describe a convergent synthesis of ready-to-conjugate tridecasaccharides composed of a β-1,3-glucan nonasaccharide backbone and a β-1,6-glucan tetrasaccharide branch. The assembly was achieved by employing trichloroacetimidate glycosylations and features the gram-scale preparation of the nonasaccharide backbone and installation of the tetrasaccharide branch involving orthoester rearrangement to the glycoside.

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Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 19. Februar 2021

Angenommen nach Revision: 16. März 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
16. März 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
12. April 2021

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