Highly convergent synthesis of a β-mannuronic acid alginate hexadecasaccharide†
Dingyi Pan,Liangliang Zhang,Qingting Hua,You Yang
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date : 05/31/2019 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C9OB01254K
Abstract

Solution-phase synthesis of poly-β-mannuronic acids still remains unexplored. We report the first synthesis of a β-mannuronic acid alginate hexadecasaccharide representing the longest synthetic polymannuronic acid so far. The highly convergent synthetic approach provides a new avenue to access poly-β-mannuronic acids that can enable the biological evaluation of poly-β-mannuronic acids as potential therapeutics and vaccines.

Graphical abstract: Highly convergent synthesis of a β-mannuronic acid alginate hexadecasaccharide