A new lactone compound was isolated as a minor by-product from the reaction mixture of N-acetylneuraminic acid with acetic anhydride in pyridine, in addition to the major product, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9-penta-O-acetyl-N-acetylneuraminic acid. The structure of the new compound was elucidated to be 5-acetamido-2, 4, 8, 9-tetra-O-acetyl-3, 5-dideoxy-β-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulopyranosono-1, 7-lactone by nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectroscopy and X-ray crystal analysis. It was revealed that the absolute configurations of the asymmetric centers of the new compound were consistent with those for the original N-acetylneuraminic acid with the conversion of the pyranose ring conformation from 2C5(D) to 5C2(D).
除了主要产物 2, 4, 7, 8, 9-五-O-乙酰基-N-乙酰基神经
氨酸之外,还从 N-乙酰基神经
氨酸与
乙酸酐在
吡啶中的反应混合物中分离出一种新的内酯化合物作为次要副产品。通过核磁共振、质谱和 X 射线晶体分析,阐明了新化合物的结构为 5-乙酰胺基-2,4,8,9-四-O-乙酰基-3,5-二脱氧-β-D-
甘油-
D-半乳-2-壬磺
吡喃酮-1,7-内酯。结果表明,新化合物不对称中心的绝对构型与原来的
N-乙酰神经氨酸一致,
吡喃糖环构象从 2C5(D)转变为 5C2(D)。