Sialic acid 1,5-lactamized

S-Acctytneuraminic acid S-(acetylamino).3,5.dideoxy-D. glyctro-D -galacto-2-non u toson ic acid, NAN, NAN A, lactam. inic acid, O-sialic acid. C, H NO, mol wt 309.28. The most important of the 5 sialic acids. Isoln KJenk, Faillard, Z. Physiol. Chem. 298, 230 (1954). Prepn from sheep submaxillary mucins Bljx, Methods Carbohyd. Chem. 1, 246 (1962). Synthesis Comforth ei at.. Biochem. J. 60, 57... 

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