Synthesis of Tri-, Tetra-, and Penta-saccharides

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Among the tetra- and penta-saccharides to be synthesized were (53)/ (54) (the repeating-unit of the O-specific polysaccharide from Salmonella senftenberg), a derivative of (55), (56) (in connection with immunological studies of the blood-group substances), and (57) (one of the core oligosaccharides of human blood-group substances).  

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