Abstract
A facile and practical method for synthesis of sugar oxazolines (=dihydrooxazoles) from the corresponding N-acetyl-2-amino sugars has been developed by using 2-chloro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-benzimidazol-3-ium chloride (CDMBI) as a dehydrative condensing agent. The intramolecular dehydrative reaction between the 2-acetamido group and the anomeric OH group of unprotected N-acetyl-2-amino sugars took place smoothly in H 2O, leading to the formation of a 1,2-oxazoline (=4,5-dihydrooxazole) moiety in good yield. Since the reaction proceeds in H 2O without using any protecting groups, the resulting oxazolines can be utilized as effective glycosyl donors for the subsequent enzymatic glycosylation. We have successfully demonstrated a highly efficient chemoenzymatic transglycosylation of a disialo-oligosaccharide moiety to p-nitrophenyl N-acetylglucosaminide catalyzed by a mutant endo-N-acetylglucosaminidase without isolating disialo-oligosaccharide oxazoline as synthetic intermediate.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1928-1936 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Helvetica Chimica Acta |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 Oct |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Oxazoles, 4,5-dihydro-
- Transglycosylation, chemo-enzymatic
- β-N-Acetylglucosaminidation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry