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The synthesis of a trisaccharide and a hexasaccharide, the monomer and dimer of the repeating unit of O-antigen polysaccharide from Mesorhizobium huakuii IFO15243, has been accomplished through suitable protecting group manipulations and stereoselective glycosylation reactions starting from commercially available l-rhamnose. The target oligosaccharides in the form of their p-methoxyphenyl glycosides are suitable for further glycoconjugate formation via selective cleavage of this group., (Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Concise synthesis of a 6-deoxy-alpha-L-talose tetrasaccharide, 6-deoxy-alpha-L-Talp-(1-->3)-6-deoxy-alpha-L-Talp-(1-->2)-6-deoxy-alpha-L-Talp-(1-->3)-6-deoxy-alpha-L-Talp, the dimer of the disaccharide repeating unit of the OPS from Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans serotype c, has been accomplished through suitable protecting group manipulations and stereoselective glycosylation starting from commercially available L-rhamnose. The target oligosaccharide in the form of its p-methoxyphenyl glycoside is suitable for further glycoconjugate formation via selective cleavage of this group., (Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

An efficient synthesis of 4-methoxyphenyl alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-6-deoxy-alpha-L-Talp, the tetrasaccharide related to the GPLs of Mycobacterium intracellare serotype 7, was achieved with 4-methoxyphenyl 3,4-di-O-benzoyl-6-deoxy-alpha-L-talopyranoside (6c) as the key intermediate which was obtained through selective 3-O-benzoylation of 4-O-benzoyl-6-deoxy-alpha-L-taloside. Coupling of 6c with 3-O-allyloxycarbonyl-2,4-di-O-benzoyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate followed by removal of the allyloxycarbonyl protecting group afforded the disaccharide acceptor 11. Condensation of 11 with 2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2,4-di-O-benzoyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate and subsequent deprotection gave the target tetrasaccharide.

A highly regio- and stereoselective anomeric esterification of 3-O-allyl (or benzyl, or benzoyl)-4,6-O-isopropylidene-alpha,beta-d-glucopyranose with acetyl chloride, or allyl chloroformate, or ethyl chloroformate gave the corresponding 2-OH, 1-beta-acetates or -carbonates in excellent yields. The 2-OH, 1-beta-acetates were readily converted to the corresponding 2-O-acetylated glucopyranosyl trichloroacetimidates by reaction with trichloroacetonitrile via base promoted acetyl migration, while the 2-OH, 1-beta-carbonates were good glycosyl acceptors for the synthesis of (1-->2)-linked oligosaccharides.

Synthesis of two isomeric tetrasaccharides, β-D-Glup-(1→2)-α-L-Rhap-(1→3)-α-L- Rhap-(1→2)-α-L-Rhap (I) and β-D-Glup-(1→3)-α-L-Rhap-(1→3)-α-L-Rhap-(1→3)-α-L-Rhap (II), the repeating units from the lipopolysaccharides of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azospirillum brasilense S17 and Azospirillum lipoferum SR65, was achieved via assembly of the building blocks 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate (2), p-methoxyphenyl 3,4-di-O-benzoyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (3), 3-O-allyloxycarbonyl-2,4-di-O-benzoyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate (6), 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzoyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate (8), and p-methoxy phenyl 2,4-di-O-benzoyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (14). Condensation of 3 with 6 or 8 provided the disaccharides 9 or 11, respectively. Deallyloxycarbonylation of 11 gave the disaccharide aceptor 12, while removal of the p-methoxyphenyl group in 9 followed by trichloroacetimidation of the anomeric hydroxyl group afforded the disaccharide donor 10. Meanwhile, disaccharide donor 16 and acceptor 18 were prepared from 6, 8, and 14 similarly. Finally, condensation of 10 with 12 or 16 with 18, followed by deprotection, gave the target tetrasaccharides I or II, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]