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Influence of the Side Chain Conformation on Glycosylation Selectivity in Furanosides

Sameera Arachchige
Sameera Arachchige
Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry
University of Georgia
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Organic Seminar

Glycosylation reactions stereoselectivity depends on various factors and among them, side-chain configuration and conformation have been showing significant roles in influencing the reactivity and selectivity in bicyclic glycosyl donors. Moving to monocyclic donors, this effect has been revealed in glycosylation reactions of sialic acid donor series and simple pyranoside series. We studied the extension of this concept towards furanosides by synthesizing two suitably protected epimers of 5-methyl-D-xylose from D-xylose. Conformational analysis of the 6-deoxy-D-glucofuranoside epimer shows its side chain to take up the trans,gauche-conformation, while that of the 6-deoxy-L-idofuranoside takes up the gauche,trans-conformation. In glycosylation reactions, the 6-deoxy-D-glucofuranose isomer gave predominantly β-glycosides, while the 6-deoxy-L-idofuranose gave α-glycosides as major. These studies reveal that the influence of side-chain conformation on glycosylation reactivity and selectivity is not limited to the sialic acid series but also encompasses simple furanosyl donors.

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