Synthesis of lipid II phosphonate analogues

Carbohydr Res. 2011 Sep 6;346(12):1628-32. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2011.04.024. Epub 2011 Apr 29.

Abstract

Simple analogues of lipid II were synthesized from 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-1-thio-β-D-glucopyranose using conjugate addition onto ethylidene bisphosphonate and subsequent Wadsworth-Horner-Emmons reaction with long chain aliphatic aldehydes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes / chemistry
  • Diphosphonates / chemistry*
  • Indicators and Reagents / chemical synthesis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Monosaccharides / chemistry
  • Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid / chemical synthesis

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Diphosphonates
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Monosaccharides
  • Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylmuramic Acid
  • muramyl-NAc-(pentapeptide)pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol
  • ethylidenediphosphonic acid