Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152 Japan
Abstract:
The structures of two capsular polysaccharides elaborated by Haemophilus influenzae type e, strains NCTC 8455 and 8472, respectively, have been investigated, methylation analysis and n.m.r. spectrometry being the principal methods used. It is concluded that the polysaccharides are composed of repeating-units having the following structure:
