Synthesis and thermotropic phase behavior of four glycoglycerolipids

Molecules. 2013 Nov 1;18(11):13546-73. doi: 10.3390/molecules181113546.

Abstract

Four glycoglycerolipids with different head groups have been synthesized and their physicochemical properties studied. The lengths of the head groups from a mono-saccharide to a trisaccharide, in addition to the anomeric stereochemistry for the smaller glycoglycerolipids, have been modified. The synthesis has been optimized to avoid glycerol epimerization and to allow up-scaling. The physicochemical properties of the glycoglycerolipids were studied and a strong de-mixing of the gel-phase, depending on the head-group, was observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Glycolipids / chemical synthesis*
  • Glycolipids / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • Glycolipids
  • glycerolglycolipids