N-Diphenylmethylene-protected glycosyl acceptors. Selective β-O-glycosylation to form lactosyl-threo-ceramides
作者:Matt A. Peterson、Robin Polt
DOI:10.1021/jo00068a028
日期:1993.7
A series of N-diphenylmethylene-protected sphingosine derivatives was synthesized (e.g 3a,b and 9a,b). These compounds are efficient glycosyl acceptors and were shown to undergo highly beta-selective glycosylation using a modification of the Koenigs-Knorr reaction previously used in this laboratory for the synthesis of O-linked glycopeptides (none of the alpha-anomers were detected by either H-1 or C-13 NMR).1 The N-diphenylmethylene (Schiff base) protection imparts a favorable intramolecular hydrogen-bonding pattern (Ph2C=N:-->H-O:). This intramolecular hydrogen-bonding enhances the nucleophilicity of the glycosyl acceptor relative to glycosyl acceptors with more conventional N-protection (i.e. Cbz, Boc, acyl etc.). The enhanced nucleophilicity allowed the glycosylation to be carried out under mild conditions (AgOTfl, CH2Cl2, rt overnight), and provided the corresponding beta-glycosphingolipids 4a-c and 11a-d in excellent chemical yield (approximately 70%). After glycosylation, selective acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the Schiff base protecting group was accomplished without cleavage of the glycosidic bond or the carbohydrate acetate protection. N-Acylation with palmitoyl chloride, followed by Zemplen deacetylation (cat. NaOMe in MeOH), provided the two threo-beta-lactosylceramide analogues 7a and 7b. These analogues possess the unnatural threo-configuration in the ceramide moiety and may prove useful in studies of the biosynthesis and cell surface composition of more complex glycosphingolipids.