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Synlett 2005(15): 2342-2346  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872269
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Oligosaccharide Synthesis by Affinity Separation Based on Molecular Recognition between Podand Ether and Ammonium Ion

Koichi Fukase*, Mamoru Takashina, Yumiko Hori, Daizo Tanaka, Katsunori Tanaka, Shoichi Kusumoto
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama 1-1, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Received 6 July 2005
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03 August 2005 (online)

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Abstract

We previously reported a new synthetic methodology termed ‘synthesis based on affinity separation’ (SAS) in which the desired tagged compound was separated from the reaction mixture by solid-phase extraction using specific molecular recognition of the tag. The interaction between a crown ether tag and polymer-­supported ammonium ion was initially employed for SAS. In the present study, a new SAS method using a podand-type tag, a ­pseudo-benzo-31-crown-10 structure, was elaborated for oligosaccharide synthesis. The podand tag was much easier to synthesize than the corresponding crown ether. The podand moiety was ­attached to the monosaccharide residue via appropriate linkers. ­After glycosylation of the tagged monosaccharide with a glycosyl donor, the reaction mixture was subjected to the affinity separation. The desired compounds possessing the podand tag were effectively separated by the affinity between the podand and the ammonium ion. Continuous flow synthesis by integration of a microreactor and the present SAS system was applied for high throughput oligo­saccharide synthesis.

Key words

oligosaccharide synthesis - affinity separation - high throughput synthesis - linker - glycosylation

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The podand tag with a shorter chain length showed weaker affinity to the ammonium ion column, whereas the tag having longer chain length, such as 6, showed comparable affinity with the corresponding crown ether derivatives.

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The maximum adsorption of 8 to ArgoPore-NH3 +·CF3COO- was determined as follows: the solid-phase extraction column (Varian, Bond Elut empty cartridges with frits, 6 mL capacity) was filled with ArgoPore®-NH2 (1.74 g, Argonout Technologies, Inc). The resin column was washed with CH2Cl2-MeOH (1:1) and CH2Cl2 (or toluene). The amino groups on the resins were changed to ammonium ions with 10% TFA in CH2Cl2 (or toluene) and then excess TFA was washed with CH2Cl2 (or toluene). A sufficient quantity of the sample in CH2Cl2 (or toluene) was charged to the ArgoPore-NH3 +·CF3COO- column and then the column was washed with the same solvent to remove the excess sample. Compound 8 adsorbed in the column was then eluted with CH2Cl2-MeOH (1:1). The maximum adsorption of 8 was determined to be 138 mg (6.9% to amino groups) in toluene and 58.4 mg (2.9% to amino groups) in CH2Cl2.

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Benzylcarbonyl and benzyl-type tags can be removed by catalytic hydrogenolysis using Pd catalyst.

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Glycosylation with nitropyridyl glycoside gave better results than with glycosyl fluoride and thioglycoside. The fucosylation stopped at 50% consumption of 33. The reaction mixture was applied to SAS to give a mixture of 33 and trisaccharide 35. After TFA was removed by liquid-liquid separation, the mixture was subjected to glycosylation with fucosyl donor 34, again. This procedure was repeated twice and the resulting compound 35 was finally purified by silica gel chromatography.

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IMM micromixer: http://www.imm-main2.de/.

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Representative Procedure of SAS Method. Preparation of 32.
To a solution of the acceptor 30 (77 mg, 76 µmol), trichloroacetimidate 31 (112 mg, 227 µmol), and molecular sieves 4 Å in CH2Cl2 (1.0 mL) was added TMSOTf (2.7 µL, 15 µmol) at 0 °C under Ar atmosphere. After the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at r.t., the resulting mixture was filtered to remove the molecular sieves before applying to the affinity separation. The mixture was directly charged onto ArgoPore-NH3 +·CF3COO- filled in a syringe-like column (Varian, Bond Elut empty cartridges with frits, column size: 2.0 cm × 8.5 cm, resin 3.8 g), prepared according to ref. 7. After untagged compounds were washed off with CH2Cl2 (200 mL), the tagged product 32 was eluted with CH2Cl2-MeOH (1:1, 50 mL). Evaporation of the solvents afforded the desired product 32 as a yellow oil (95 mg, 93%): ESI-MS(positive): m/z = 1367.50 [M + Na]+. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.32 (d, J = 1.5 Hz, 1 H, ClAzb), 7.24 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 1 H, ClAzb), 7.12 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 1 H, ClAzb), 6.53 (d, J = 2.2 Hz, 2 H, -C6H3-CH2-OCO), 6.47 (t, J = 2.1 Hz, 1 H, -C6H3-CH2-OCO), 5.96-5.80 (m, 2 H, -CH2-CH=CH2 × 2), 5.31-5.16 (m, 6 H, H-4′, -CH2-CH=CH2 × 2, H-2′), 5.09 (s, 2 H, -C6H3-CH2-OCO), 4.95 (dd, J = 3.4, 10.4 Hz, 1 H, H-3′), 4.90 (d, J = 11.6 Hz, 1 H, ClAzPh-CH2), 4.81 (d, J = 3.7 Hz, 1 H, H-1), 4.78 (d, J = 10.0 Hz, 1 H, NH), 4.60 (d, J = 7.9 Hz, 1 H, H-1′), 4.56-4.48 (m, 4 H, ClAzPh-CH2, OCO-CH2-CH=CH2, H-6a), 4.23 (dd, J = 3.7, 11.5 Hz, 1 H, H-6b), 4.15-4.08 [m, 5 H, -C6H3 (OCH2)2, -CH2-CH=CH2], 3.98-3.93 (m, 2 H, -CH2-CH=CH2, H-2), 3.89-3.53 {m, 33 H, -C6H3[OCH2CH2-(OCH2CH2)2-OCH2CH2OMe]2, H-4, H-5, H-5′, H-6′, H-3}, 3.37 (s, 6 H, MeO × 2), 2.13, 2.05, 1.96 (s, 12 H, Ac × 4).