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First Total Synthesis of the Re‐Type Lipopolysaccharide
Author(s) -
Yoshizaki Hiroaki,
Fukuda Naohiro,
Sato Kenjiro,
Oikawa Masato,
Fukase Koichi,
Suda Yasuo,
Kusumoto Shoichi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010417)40:8<1475::aid-anie1475>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - lipopolysaccharide , escherichia coli , glycosylation , glucosamine , chemistry , bacteria , total synthesis , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , stereochemistry , biology , immunology , genetics , gene
Three sequential efficient glycosylation reactions starting from D ‐glucosamine were used in the first total synthesis of Escherichia coli Re lipopolysaccharide, which is one of the most simple lipopolysaccharides found on the surface of living bacteria.