Synthesis of 8-Methoxycarbonyloctylβ-Glycosides of Tri-and Tetrasaccharides Related to Schizophyllan and Neoglycoproteins Therefrom

Abstract The 8-methoxycarbonyloctyl β-glycosides of the trisaccharides O-β-d-Glcp-(1 → 6)- O-β-d-Glcp-(1 → 3)-d-Glcp and O-β-d-Glcp-(1 → 3)-O-[β-d -Glcp-(1 → 6)]-d-Glcp and of the tetrasaccharide O-β-d-Glcp-(1 → 3)-O-[β-d-Glcp-(1 → 6)]-O-β-d-Glcp-(1 → 3)-d-Glcp, corresponding to the fragments of schizophyllan, have been synthesized by using mono- to tetrasaccharide 1-thioglycosides as glycosyl donors, each bearing a participating benzoyl group in the 2-position, and N-iodosuccinimide and silver triflate as promoter. Saponification of the tri- and tetrasaccharide β-glycosides, followed by attachment to bovine serum albumin of the resulting sugar derivatives having a carboxyl group at the aglycon terminal, provided neoglycoproteins for immunological studies of the polysaccharide.