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Exploring a glycosylation methodology for the synthesis of hydroxamate-modified alginate building blocks

Dimitriou, Eleni; Miller, Gavin

Authors

Eleni Dimitriou



Abstract

Alginate, an anionic polysaccharide, is an important industrial biomaterial naturally harvested from seaweed. Many of its important physicochemical properties derive from the presence of charged carboxylate groups presented as uronic acids within the polysaccharide backbone. An ability to modify these carboxylates with alternate functional groups would enable the design and implementation of new alginate systems possessing different physicochemical properties. We present herein our approach to the chemical synthesis of alginate disaccharides, modified at the carboxylate C6 position with bioisosteric hydroxamate residues. The synthesis and utilisation of C6-hydroxamate donor and acceptor building blocks enables a first access to protected a- and ß-linked hydroxamate-containing disaccharides, additionally equipped with a functional tether at the reducing terminus. The evaluation of these building blocks for chemical glycosylation demonstrates the incorporation of bioisosteric functional groups into an alginate disaccharide backbone and highlights the important contribution of both acceptor and donor reactivity underpinning uronate-level glycosylations.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 3, 2019
Publication Date Oct 4, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Print ISSN 1477-0520
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 42
Pages 9321-9335
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ob02053e
Publisher URL http://doi.org/10.1039/c9ob02053e