Tunable Strategy for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Sulfoglycolipids from<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>To Elucidate the Structure and Immunomodulatory Property Relationships
A tunableasymmetricstrategy for the synthesis of sulfoglycolipids (SGLs) was developed. The strategy features a suite of asymmetrically protected trehaloses for acylation and sulfation. A practical synthetic route was explored for the preparation of polydeoxypropionate fatty acids, which together with the trehaloses enabled the synthesis of different classes of SGLs for immunological studies.