Synthesis 2021; 53(14): 2435-2448
DOI: 10.1055/a-1440-9386
paper

Convergent Synthesis of Branched β-Glucan Tridecasaccharides Ready for Conjugation

Authors

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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).


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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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Publication History

Received: 19 February 2021

Accepted after revision: 16 March 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
16 March 2021

Article published online:
12 April 2021

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