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Solid-Phase Synthesis of a Branched Hexasaccharide Using a Highly Efficient Synthetic Strategy

2001; American Chemical Society; Volume: 66; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jo016018p

1520-6904

Fabien Roussel, Mohamed Takhi, Richard R. Schmidt,

Infant Nutrition and Health

The solid-phase synthesis of branched lacto-N-neohexaose derivative 1 occurring in human milk is described. The new building block of lactose 3 bearing the orthogonal temporary hydroxy protecting groups 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) and levulinoyl (Lev) has been prepared. Its use, together with that of lactosamine donor 4, glucosamine donor 5, and O-galactosyl trichloroacetimidate 6, has enabled the preparation of hexasaccharide 22 following two different approaches in excellent overall yield (43%, 90% per step over eight steps). An additional key feature of this work is the successful use of newly prepared ester-type linker 2, having a benzylic spacer connected to the anomeric oxygen. This linker presents the advantage of producing a benzylic anomeric moiety after cleavage from the polymer support, which could be easily removed to obtain the unprotected oligosaccharide 1.