Abstract: | Methyl glycoside of the tetrasaccharide GlcNAc(beta 1-2)Rha(alpha 1-2)Rha(alpha 1-3)Rha, which represents a repeating unit of the basic chain of Shigella flexneri O-antigenic polysaccharides, was synthesized using acylated monosaccharide synthons. A dimer of the repeating unit, octasaccharide GlcNAc(beta 1-2)Rha(alpha 1-2) Rha(alpha 1-3)Rha(alpha 1-3)]2-OMe was obtained by TrClO4-catalyzed condensation of two tetrasaccharide blocks. |