摘要:
The synthesis of a P-D-mannopyranoside analog, fully identical to the naturally occurring D-mannopyranose in terms of hydroxyl pattern, and displaying a skew-boat conformation close to a B-2,B-5 boat strongly believed to be adopted by the oxycarbenium transition state during glycosidic bond cleavage of beta-mannane by family 26 beta-mannanase, is described. The conformationally locked analog has been obtained by tethering the C-2 and C-5 carbon atoms of the sugar ring with a three carbon bridge using RCM methodology. Conformation of the mannose analog has been confirmed by NMR and molecular modelling. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.