Saccharides reactivity

Deuterated and tritiated tin hydrides have been used to prepare deuterated saccharides93 and tritiated steroids46 from alkyl bromides, (equations 68 and 69). It is important to note that isomerization has occurred at the chiral reaction centre in the saccharide reaction (equation 68). For the steroid, the tin hydride reaction is regiospecific, i.e. it only reacts at the more reactive bromide rather than the less reactive chloride site and does not react with the keto group, the hydroxyl group or the acetal group. 

For the synthesis of carbohydrate-substituted block copolymers, it might be expected that the addition of acid to the polymerization reactions would result in a rate increase. Indeed, the ROMP of saccharide-modified monomers, when conducted in the presence of para-toluene sulfonic acid under emulsion conditions, successfully yielded block copolymers [52]. A key to the success of these reactions was the isolation of the initiated species, which resulted in its separation from the dissociated phosphine. The initiated ruthenium complex was isolated by starting the polymerization in acidic organic solution, from which the reactive species precipitated. The solvent was removed, and the reactive species was washed with additional degassed solvent. The polymerization was completed under emulsion conditions (in water and DTAB), and additional blocks were generated by the sequential addition of the different monomers. This method of polymerization was successful for both the mannose/galactose polymer and for the mannose polymer with the intervening diol sequence (Fig. 16A,B). 

Nevertheless, in the case of saccharides with a free hemiacetal group, the reactivity was shown to be different. Acid-catalyzed full deprotection of... 

The simplest OZTs or those anchored on saccharidic backbones offer two remarkable reactive sites nitrogen and sulfur. The reactivity of both sites was extensively investigated and used to explore original reactions in carbohydrate chemistry by Rollin et al.2k 13,54,55 (Fig. 2)... 

In order to study the reactivity of the nitrogen atom in saccharidic OZT moieties Rollin and co-workers13,55 explored some standard reactions IV-acylation, IV-sulfonylation, IV-vinylsulfonylation by Michael addition, reductive elimination, conjugated addition and cycloaddition. 

Carbohydrate detection is important for applications such as glucose monitors these are arguably one of the most successful and relevant biosensors. An interesting fluorescence recovery-type saccharide sensor based on the reactivity of carbohydrates with boronic acids was reported in 2002 [36]. Specifically, modification of the cationic viologen-linked boronic acid derivative 40 to a zwitterionic species 41 upon covalent and reversible reaction of boronic acid with monosaccharides (Scheme 1) can cause the dissociation of the ion-pair in-... 

Sterol carrier protein 2 has also been shown to be involved in the intracellular transport and metabolism of cholesterol. Hirai et al. (1994) suggested that sterol carrier protein 2 plays an important role during foam cell formation induced by acetylated LDL and may be an important step in atherosclerosis [142], Lipoproteins can bind lipopolysaccharide and decrease the lipopoly-saccharide-stimulated production of proinflammatory cytokines [142, 143], In addition, lipoprotein entrapment by the extracellular matrix can lead to the progressive oxidation of LDL because of the action of lipoxygenases, reactive oxygen species, peroxynitrite, or myeloperoxidase [144, 145],... 

The book by Cheshire (1979) has reviewed studies of soil polysaccharides, and he and his colleagues have contributed significantly to our awareness of the subject. Chapters by Hayes and Swift (1978), Cheshire and Hayes (1990), and Clapp et al. (2005) have reviewed relevant aspects of the chemistry and compositions of polysaccharides and have discussed the reactivities of saccharides in the soil environment. 

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