Acetylated sugars

Acetates. Complete acetylation of all the hydroxyl groups is desirable in order to avoid mixtures. In some cases, the completely acetylated sugars may be obtained in the a- and p-forms depending upon the catalyst, e.g., zinc chloride or sodium acetate, that is employed in the acetylation. The experimental details for acetylation may be easily adapted from those already given for a- and p-glucose penta-acetates (Section 111,137). 

An in vitro ensymatic synthesis of sucrose was carried out ia 1944 (5). A successful chemical synthesis was performed by Lemieux and Huber (6) ia 1953 from acetylated sugar precursors. However, the economics and chemical complexities of both processes make them unlikely sources of supply. 

In this reaction the fully acetylated sugar 5- or 6-phosphates were phos-phorylated and the protecting groups removed by alkali. Only a-1-phosphates were isolated and no evidence of the -anomers could be detected. 

Bhaskar and Loganathan96 described O-peracetylation of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and methyl glycosides (94) with acetic anhydride under catalysis by acid zeolites. From the panel of zeolites tested (HY, HEMT, HZSM-5, HZSM-12, HZSM-22, and H-beta), the large-pore zeolite H-beta provided the best yields of the fully acetylated sugars, most of them being over 85% and up to 99%, with the pyranose forms 95 accounting for 66-100% of the reaction products (Scheme 22). 

The classical method for introducing the fluorine atom to the anomeric center is to treat per-O-acetylated sugars with hydrogen fluoride [15], using which a-glycosyl fluorides can be prepared stereoselectively, however, the procedure is incompatible with any acid-sensitive functionalities present in the molecule. In addition, hydrogen fluoride is highly corrosive, which makes this method unattractive to many... 

Sugar Yield of anomeric alkylation from acetylated sugars having OH-1 free (%) a f Yield of anomeric alkylation from unprotected sugars (%) a p... 

Many oxidizing agents have been used, especially copper sulfate and other cupric salts. Potassium dichromate in acetic acid and manganese dioxide are good oxidants for benzil bis(phenylhydrazone). Nitrous acid has been used for the osazones of acetylated sugars and for phenylglyoxal bis(phenylhydrazone). ... 

N-Acetvlneuraminic Acid Aldolase. A new procedure has also been developed for the synthesis of 9-0-acetyl-N-acetylneuraminic acid using the aldolase catalyzed reaction methodology. This compound is an unusual sialic acid found in a number of tumor cells and influenza virus C glycoproteins (4 ). The aldol acceptor, 6-0-acetyl-D-mannosamine was prepared in 70% isolated yield from isopropenyl acetate and N-acetyl-D-mannosamine catalyzed by protease N from Bacillus subtilis (from Amano). The 6-0-acetyl hexose was previously prepared by a complicated chemical procedure (42.) The target molecule was obtained in 90% yield via the condensation of the 6-0-acetyl sugar and pyruvate catalyzed by NANA aldolase (Figure 6). With similar procedures applied to KDO, 2-deoxy-NANA and 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-NANA were prepared from NANA. 

Set the spectrophotometer at 530 nm for the measurement of amino-sugars, and at 544 or 585 nm for the measurement of /V-acetyl-sugars. Allow the lamp of the spectrophotometer to warm up and zero the instrument with a prepared blank solution. 

Reduce and acetylate sugars from TFA-insoluble material... 

NaBH4 (sodium borohydride), 732 N-Acetyl sugars, colorimetric quantification, 656, 658... 

The application of diazo coupling is somewhat limited by the availability of the p-aminophenyl glycosides, particularly of those of the oligosaccharides. Their precursors, the p-nitrophenyl glycosides, are usually obtained by the condensation of a per-O-acetylated glycosyl halide with p-nitrophenol in ethanol (Michael reaction)19,20 or by the reaction of a per-O-acetylated sugar with p-nitrophenol in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst (Helferich reaction).21 p-Nitrobenzyl 1-thioglycosides have also been prepared by the condensation of the... 

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